How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 410 The real box office giant is about to appear
After successively encountering obstacles from the sequels of the three series "Shrek 3", "Ocean's Thirteen" and "Fantastic Four 2".

[Spider-Man 3], which is not long-lasting in the first place and has been screened for nearly two months, is completely unbearable.

Even at this time, the total global box office data of [Spider-Man 3] has accumulated to 8.94 million US dollars.

It is only one step away from crossing the threshold of US$9 million in box office.

But Columbia Pictures still canceled Spider-Man 3.

Without it.

Not to mention a global box office of US$8.94 million, a global box office of US$8.99 million, or a global box office of US$9 million. For Columbia Pictures, as long as the movie box office does not exceed US$[-] billion, the difference is not big.

Of course, the more important reason is that it's the end of June, and there are only a few days until Zhang Nan's new work - [Transformers 1].

I have to paint morning and evening, so I don’t care about the time between these two days.

……

7 month 2 day.

Zhang Nan specifically took three days off from the crew of [Harry Potter-Voldemort], left the set, and came to Paramount Pictures.

[Transformers 1] will be released soon.

Although Paramount looked at Zhang Nan's undefeated and glorious record in the past, they felt quite at ease.

Moreover, this project also signed a betting agreement with Zhang Nan with a box office of one billion US dollars.

It stands to reason that even if the movie fails at the box office, Paramount Pictures will not lose much money. At most, it will make nothing.

But this [Transformers 1], after all, involves US$4.5 million in funding, and it is the foundation of Paramount Pictures for many years to come.

No one hopes that the movie will fail at the box office, so Paramount is still quite worried and called Zhang Nan back for a meeting, who was about to leave for the mainland to attend the premiere of "Transformers 1".

conference room.

Dick Frank, the president of Paramount Pictures, once again persuaded Zhang Nan, saying: "Zhang, why don't you go to the premiere in Asia with someone else? You should stay in Hollywood to attend the premiere."

Dick Frank saw that the best-selling films starring Zhang Nan in recent years were all premiered in Hollywood, so he was a little superstitious and wanted Zhang Nan to continue to repeat the operation.

But the financial crisis is coming soon, and the mainland film market is about to take off. How can Zhang Nan agree?

When filming "Transformers 1", Zhang Nan had already planned that this film would be his first blockbuster to officially establish a strong foothold in the mainland.

So Zhang Nan just shook his head and said: "If you want to give up the development of the [Transformers] series in the mainland, then you can persuade me not to leave.

But I can tell you in advance that this time the box office of [Transformers 1] in the Mainland will not be less than 1.2 million US dollars, and the box office in Asia will not be less than 2.5 million US dollars.

If you keep me in Hollywood to attend the premiere, it will inevitably greatly affect the box office of [Transformers 1] in Asia. This total box office loss is due to your decision by Paramount, so the global box office of one billion US dollars In the gambling agreement, you have to let me lower the limit appropriately. "

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Dick Frank still wanted to be ruthless to retain Zhang Nan, but after thoroughly listening to Zhang Nan's description with various figures and interests, Dick Frank shut his mouth.

Seeing that Dick Frank was silent, Zhang Nan did not continue to nag, but turned the topic to the movie box office.

"Dick, are you saying that our box office betting agreement only has a minimum box office limit of one billion US dollars for me, isn't it a bit too unreasonable? Shouldn't it be added to this that after the movie box office exceeds one billion US dollars, For every additional 1 million U.S. dollars in box office, give me more shares!" Zhang Nan suddenly talked about this because Zhang Nan blessed the 5 million U.S. dollars in box office appeal of "Transformers [-]".

According to the global box office of the original "Transformers 1" of 7.09 million US dollars, the total box office of "Transformers 1" this time will reach 12.09 billion US dollars.

This box office is comparable to the global box office of one billion US dollars in the gambling agreement, which is [-] million US dollars higher.

When Dick Frank heard this request from Zhang Nan, he immediately thought of "Jurassic World 1", which Zhang Nan collaborated with Universal Pictures.

"Jurassic World 16.5", which grossed US$1 billion at the global box office, made Universal Pictures a huge profit from the box office revenue alone, not to mention the benefits from raising the stock price.

Listening to Zhang Nan's request, it seems that [Transformers 1] can replicate the success of [Jurassic World 1]!
Thinking of this, Dick Frank's heart could not stop beating violently.

But on the surface, Dick Frank still looked calm and said in a very embarrassed tone: "Zhang, your request is reasonable, but I can't make the decision on such a big matter by myself. Just wait until I go back to hold a meeting tomorrow." Board of Directors, let’s discuss this carefully.”

Tomorrow [Transformers 1] will be released simultaneously around the world.

Not to mention waiting until tomorrow, it's too late to hold a board discussion right now.

Moreover, although Dick Frank's calm and calm expression was performed well, in the eyes of Zhang Nan, a professional actor, it was still a bit uninteresting.

Zhang Nan directly saw the excitement in Dick Frank's heart, and also guessed that Dick Frank was probably thinking about the success of the [Jurassic World 1] project, and knew that this guy was perfunctory with him.

But Zhang Nan's question was actually a test.

If Dick Frank was willing to commit to him right away, then the $5 million in box office appeal would have been invested, and Zhang Nan wouldn't mind investing an additional $5 million in box office appeal.

After all, Zhang Nan currently has too much box office appeal to spend.

But since Dick Frank was playing tricks on him, Zhang Nan would naturally not make any additional 'investment'.

……

Mainland, Beijing.

As soon as Zhang Nan got off the private plane, he was surrounded by a crowd of media.

Without it.

With the development of the mainland's economy in recent years, the media industry has also flourished.

What's more, this time Zhang Nan returned to the mainland to attend the premiere of "Transformers 1". There was no secret from the outside world, and Zhang Nan's schedule was exposed.

After all, Zhang Nan came back just to promote [Transformers 1], so there was no point in keeping it secret.

But the attitude of the media really shocked Zhang Nan.

The darkness was even crazier than the media in Hollywood.

In fact, I don't blame the mainland media for being crazy. In fact, Zhang Nan has basically not made any public appearances in the mainland in the past few years, and has accumulated a lot of popularity.

Secondly, "Transformers 1" is considered to be the first top Hollywood blockbuster with mainland investment and simultaneous global release, giving people the feeling that the mainland entertainment industry has also begun to vigorously participate in the global film market.

(End of this chapter)