How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 465: Cruel May, more cruel November, and the cruelest December

"That's it? Is it enough? It's not enough for me to spend my time and energy on."

Zhang Nan was very dissatisfied with Old Luke's price, and made his own price: "At least one hand - 5.00% share!"

Old Luke on the other side of the phone was confused and said hurriedly: "Zhang, the brokerage business doesn't offer such a price as you do, 5.00%? It's rare for issuers to negotiate 5.00%, okay? At most, add another [-]%." One’s peripheral income dividends.”

"Okay!" Zhang Nan also knew that the price he had just offered was a bit high. Hearing that Old Luke had added conditions, he agreed immediately.

Hearing Zhang Nan agreed, Old Luke continued: "Then hurry up and talk. The summer vacation is coming soon, and the promotion time has to be advanced. There is no time to waste."

Zhang Nan also knew this and hung up the phone after answering.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Nan began to think about this matter.

First of all, the 2008 financial tsunami still had an impact on the film and television industry environment.

Not to mention anything else, just forcing Warner Pictures to push [Harry Potter 6] from the Christmas season of 2008 to the summer vacation of 2009 will have a huge impact.

At least one month of the four-month summer vacation has to be taken up by [Harry Potter 6].

After all, there are so many movies in the [Harry Potter] series. Although the box office does not exceed one billion US dollars, they all have a box office of hundreds of millions and close to one billion US dollars. No one would think that the [Harry Potter] series is not strong enough.

What's more, last year Zhang Nan's "Harry Potter - Voldemort" had a global box office of over [-] billion. Although it is a derivative of "Harry Potter", it also indirectly added a lot of power to the "Harry Potter" series.

Therefore, the postponement of [Harry Potter 6] will definitely make the competition for summer vacations in 2009 more intense.

You must know that the North American summer vacation in 2009 is already very intense.

Uncle Wolf made his debut in "The Wolverine 3.73" which grossed US$1 million at the global box office;
[Mission: Impossible 3] director Abrams’ new film, [Star Trek], which has grossed US$3.85 million at the global box office;
Tom Cruise continued to star in the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons", which grossed US$4.85 million at the global box office;
The sequel to "Night at the Museum 5.7" with a global box office of US$1 million, and "Night at the Museum 4.13" with a global box office of US$2 million;
An old series, old wine in new bottles, but still able to deceive many people, [Terminator 3.18], which grossed US$2018 million worldwide.

Looking at the box office of these films, it seems that they are not outstanding, and none of them have even exceeded [-] million US dollars worldwide.

But the problem is – all of these films are released in May.

The combined box office revenue of these films totaled US$19.74 billion.

One month, 19.74 billion US dollars.

Even though the summer vacation is the hottest time in North America, this number is also the limit of the market.

So Zhang Nan directly excluded the May schedule.

It’s not that Zhang Nan is a coward.

If [Pirates of the Caribbean 3] and [Lord of the Rings: Sauron 2] were to be released in May, Zhang Nan felt that he could at most add another [-] million U.S. dollars in box office appeal, and the movie could break the box office One billion, complete the bet.

After all, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has a solid foundation for the fifth installment, and the "Lord of the Rings" series can give birth to the "Hobbit" series, and the foundation is not thin.

But if you can avoid it, why hit it?
There is no need at all!

Moreover, in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "The Lord of the Rings - Sauron 2", Zhang Nan's remuneration was divided into share-sharing contracts. Changing the schedule can save you some trouble and get more box office. Why not?

Since May has been avoided, and July has been scheduled for [Harry Potter 6] by Warner Pictures, the best he can do as an agent is to allow Warner to adjust the schedule of [Harry Potter 6] within a month. date, then the only choices left for Zhang Nan are June and August.

“In June, there was [The Hangover] with a box office of 4.69 million U.S. dollars. In August, there was the threat of [Harry Potter 6] in July. There was also Peter Jackson’s [District 2.12] with a box office of 3.2 million U.S. dollars, and Quentin’s [-] million U.S. dollars. [Inglorious Basterds] at the box office.”

"Then let's do it in June!" Zhang Nan selected a schedule, and then began to think about which movie to release first, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" or "Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron 2".

In the end, Zhang Nan chose [Pirates of the Caribbean 3].

After all, watching movies also requires an environment. "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is all about water and the sea. Watching it during the Christmas season is a bit freezing.

After thinking about the summer vacation, Zhang Nan felt even more numb when she put her mind on the winter season.Without it.

Summer vacation time is long, and many of this year's movies are crammed into May. With advance notice, it's easy to find openings.

However, the Christmas period is already short, but the contestants in 2009 are even more powerful than those in the summer vacation.

It's really fierce.

11 month 6 day.

Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" begins.

Although Jim Carrey is no longer at his peak as the King of North American Comedy today, his legacy remains. This "Christmas Carol" still grossed US$3.25 million at the global box office.

This is just an appetizer.

11 month 13 day.

Roland Emmerich's new disaster blockbuster that has been dormant for many years, and this wave is even bigger, it is directly predicted by the global apocalypse [2012].

Although the plot is very brainless, it also has many flaws.

But I can’t stand the special effects scene of global collapse, it’s really cool!

Directly hit the global box office of 7.91 million US dollars.

This is not counting.

Also released on the same day was a movie adapted from a classic IP - "Sherlock Holmes" starring Robert Downey Jr., who had just made a comeback with "Iron Man 1" and is currently in the limelight.

The global box office is 5.24 million US dollars, which is not a small amount.

Later, Summit Pictures saw that fans were making so much money from the movie "The Twilight Saga 1" and immediately started filming "The Twilight Saga 2".

And [Twilight Saga 2] did not disappoint Summit Pictures.

Or to be more precise, Twilight fans did not disappoint Summit Pictures.

It directly pushed the box office of "Twilight Saga 2" to US$7.11 million worldwide.

They are all about to catch up with Roland Emmerich’s world-destroying [2012].

You must know that one of the two has a production fee of only 5100 million U.S. dollars, while the other producer paid as much as [-] million U.S. dollars.

All I can say is that fans are really fierce towards fans of the movie.

But the fiercer thing is yet to come.

12 month 18 day.

[Avatar 1] is released.

The global box office of 28.47 billion US dollars directly shocked everyone in the original time and space.

And now that this movie is starring Zhang Nan, it is even more difficult to operate.

So in the current situation, there are only two choices before Zhang Nan.

一个让【指环王-索伦传2】到11月里，去跟全月23.51亿美金票房的众电影竞争，另一个则是让【指环王-索伦传2】到12月里，去跟28.47亿美金票房的【阿凡达1】对抗？
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