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Chapter 403 The 2006 Winter War Ends

$2562.5.

This is the fourth week of box office data for "The Pursuit of Happiness", which is $10,000+ higher than the first week's box office, which is simply outrageous.

And it's the third Friday of "The Pursuit of Happiness".

A small-budget film with a production cost of 1200 million US dollars - "Night at the Museum" was also released.

The box office gross of more than 2800 million US dollars in the first three days was quite satisfactory.

But with a box office of US$8538.5 million the next week, the box office dropped by an astonishing negative 300%, and the cumulative box office in two weeks exceeded [-] million, which once again ignited the entire winter season.

And "Casino Royale", which was originally a bit of a dark horse, was also attacked by "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "Night at the Museum", two more dark horse movies, and ended its global box office success ahead of schedule. Momentum.

Of course, the box office revenue of [007: Casino Royale] is also good now, with a total box office of US$5.84 million.

It is estimated that relying on the stamina to break through the global box office of 6 million US dollars is not a problem, so compared to the production fee of the entire movie, which is less than 1.5 million US dollars.

This wave of [007: Casino Royale] has already made MGM a profit of two to three billion US dollars based on box office alone.

……

Warner Studios headquarters building.

Zhang Nan came here at the invitation to have final discussions on the upcoming [Harry Potter-Voldemort] project.

conference room.

Zhang Nan pretended to look through the project plan that he had already read. Seeing that the time was almost up, he said: "I have no objection to David Yates being the director, but as for the supporting role, I would like to add one more people."

David Yates has been able to direct and film [Harry Potter 5.6.7.8] and [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1.2] consecutively, and each of them has a relatively stable box office. For him to be the director of [Voldemort], Zhang Nan naturally has nothing to do with it. question.

But for the sake of the future box office of the series, Zhang Nan still plans to add another box office guarantee.

Warner Pictures pays special attention to the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] project. This meeting was chaired by president David Morris.

After hearing what Zhang Nan said, David Morris thought of Johnny Depp, who had been inserted into the room by Zhang Nan before. At this time, he couldn't help but asked: "Add one more person, Zhang, who do you want to add?" ?”

"Robert Downey Jr."

Zhang Nan was also unambiguous and directly stated the candidate he wanted to add, but explained: "I did it entirely out of considerations of film quality and cost. Needless to say, Robert Downey Jr.'s acting skills, in 1993 with [Zhuo] Belin] won the 65th Academy Award for Best Actor nomination."

"But it was only a nomination, no award, and he had been in prison before, and his reputation was very bad." David Morris added.

Zhang Nan nodded when he heard this and continued: "So I plan to let him play a villain role. It doesn't matter what the reputation is. The key is that he is very cheap. With a salary of US$50 for a newcomer, he can get an Oscar nomination." With talented actors, this can greatly improve the quality of the movie while reducing the cost."

When David Morris heard this, he wanted to say something to Zhang Nan, "If you ask for less salary, you can greatly reduce the production cost of the entire [Harry Potter-Voldemort]", but David Morris held back. .

"Okay, Warner will give him a film contract. Regarding other aspects, Zhang, do you have any other opinions?" David Morris didn't want to quarrel with Zhang Nan for a supporting role with a film contract of 50 US dollars. After all, he has 6.5 million US dollars. The fixed remuneration is paid out.

Zhang Nan shook his head.

Then the discussion continued, and until all discussions were completed, Zhang Nan did not put forward any further opinions.

In the end, the shooting time of [Harry Potter - Voldemort] was set in the second half of 2007, and the release time was set in 2008. …

Out the door of Warner Bros. Pictures.

After Zhang Nan got in the car, he asked Old Luke beside him: "What are my itinerary plans for the next period of time? Tell me about the confirmed and uncertain ones?"

"Not much is certain, that is, by February 2007 at the latest, you will have to join the crew of [Avatar] and stay until April to finish filming the protagonist's scenes. James Cameron is already a bit urging.

Chenglong has also sent you the guest appearance schedule of "Rush Hour 3". You can choose from January to May.

然后就是一些电影的首映礼了，5月份的【蜘蛛侠3】、7月份的【变形金刚1】和【哈利波特5】、8月份的【谍影重重3】、11月份的【国家宝藏2】。”

Old Luke paused and continued: "Then the uncertain schedule is a bit complicated."

"Since it's a bit complicated, let's do it one by one. You talk while I handle it." Zhang Nan decided.

Seeing this, Old Luke took out a notebook from his arms and said while flipping through it: "After Will Smith's [The Pursuit of Happyness], he took on another big production [I Am Legend] with an investment of 1.5 million US dollars. , I sent you a guest invitation, what do you think, do you agree?"

【I am a legend】?
Isn’t this a one-man show?
What can I do as a guest star?
Zombies?

Shouldn't be.

But the box office of this movie is still good, with a global revenue of 5.85 million U.S. dollars. A cameo is not a bad deal, and it can easily earn 3000 million U.S. dollars.

So Zhang Nan nodded and said: "We are all friends, so we still have to give them this face."

Old Luke knew Zhang Nan's answer when he heard this. Then he checked the box behind the [I Am Legend] project, turned the page and continued: "Luc Besson sent an action movie called [Hurricane Rescue]. Project, I want you to make a guest appearance.”

【Taken】.

After hearing about this project, Zhang Nan's eyes lit up slightly. He quite liked this movie at first, the rhythm was so exciting.

But the total investment in this movie was only 2500 million US dollars, and his cameo appearance cost 3000 million US dollars.

In other words, he guest-starred for one day on "Taken", and when he left, the crew of "Taken" not only ran out of funds, but also owed him US$500 million.

Of course, this won't happen in reality.

Because of his reputation that has never failed since his debut, his influence has begun to overflow.

Any film and television project in which he guest stars will be favored by capital investors and will increase investment.

"We are all old friends. I will definitely have no problem asking me to guest star in a project. But by the way, you can ask Luc Besson if the leading actor for this project has been decided. If not, I have a good one here. candidate."

Zhang Nan wanted to beat the rabbit out of the grass and push Wu Jin into the leading role.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Nan estimates that Luc Besson will not refuse.

After all, for Luc Besson, there is no difference between Liam Neeson and Wu Jin, because neither of them is French, and Wu Jin has his support behind him.

(End of this chapter)