How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 489: Winning box office dividends, [Alice] and [British] fight again in the mainland

With a fixed salary and box office dividends, the conditions can be said to be quite satisfactory.

but……

Thinking about the situation of the "Kung Fu Dream" project introduced by Zhang Nan, Li Lianlian felt that the film's box office potential was limited and he was not optimistic about it.

"Director Zhang, the salary for my cameo in [The Expendables] started at tens of millions of dollars." Li Lianlian came up with a reason.

After hearing what Li Lianjie said, Zhang Nan smiled.

It is indeed a starting salary of tens of millions of US dollars, but it is just a starting point. It is just 1000 million US dollars, not a cent more, and there is no profit sharing.

But it did not expose the evasion in Li Lianjie's words, because Zhang Nan originally planned to eat the [Kung Fu Dream] share in Li Lianjie's hands.

That's one percent, a share worth 350 million U.S. dollars. Seven percent is almost 500 million U.S. dollars.

"Brother Liaison, do you think this will work? It's still a fixed salary of 800 million US dollars plus a 50% box office share, but the 350% box office share you have on hand will be consigned to the Longbow Film and Television Fund under my name for sale. , I bought it for a one percent share of US$[-], for a total price of US$[-] million.

In this case, your salary will reach 150 million US dollars, how about it? "Zhang Nan gave a solution that he had thought of for a long time.

After Li Lianlian heard Zhang Nan's method, he naturally had no reason or idea to refuse.

After all, the Mainland has experienced the box office failure of "The Movie" and "The King of Kung Fu", and the North American side has experienced the box office failure of "The Mummy 3".

Before "The Expendables" was released, Li Lianlian was in a really bad situation, otherwise he wouldn't have been idle enough to make a literary film like "Ocean Paradise" and recognize his son.

"Director Zhang, it's really enviable for Will Smith to have a friend like you!" Li Lianlian complimented and praised.

Li Lianlian regarded Zhang Nan's investment and box office share as Zhang Nan's personal contribution to the success of the cooperation.

Zhang Nan waved his hand and said modestly: "No, there's a bit of friendship, but it's mainly business. With you as your support, why can't the total box office of the movie be 5000 million U.S. dollars? My 50 U.S. dollars per share , maybe I can still make some money.”

Zhang Nan would not just listen to people saying nice things, but also send him a wave of nice words.

Li Lianlian smiled and nodded frequently when he heard this, but he didn't agree in his heart.

If 5000 million US dollars was such a breakthrough, his previous starring role in "Baywatch" would not have hit the box office with a global box office of 4265 million US dollars.

And this kung fu movie starring a kid?

Li Lianlian is really not optimistic.

……

After watching Li Lianlian go, Zhang Nan called Will Smith directly, regardless of the fact that it was dark night in North America.

"Li Lianlian, supporting actor, two months of schedule, 800 million US dollars, [-]% box office share, I'll negotiate it for you." Zhang Nan knew that Will Smith over there was sleeping in a daze, and his head was a little dizzy. There’s not much to say, so I’ll just pick the key words.

Will Smith on the other side of the phone was a little confused when he heard this, "Didn't you say that we should bargain for $1000 million plus a 5.00% share?"

"I spent a lot of effort to negotiate these initial conditions for you. If you don't like it, I can talk to Li Lianlian again." Zhang Nan directly pretended to be unhappy and started to spray the microphone.

Will Smith on the other side of the phone quickly apologized because he was not confident about this project for his son.

After all, the purpose is just to give his son a project to make a name for himself.

So Will Smith is quite happy that Zhang Nan can negotiate a model of more shares and less fixed remuneration.

At the end of the phone call, Will Smith expressed his apology and commitment.

"It's so late. Brother, you are still busy with my son's affairs. Thank you so much. If you have anything to do in the future, just speak up. Brother will definitely handle it for you."

But after hanging up the phone, Will Smith looked out into the night, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Nan had returned to the mainland.So……

It's late at night here, but it's daytime over there with Zhang Nan!

Being woken up in the middle of the night, he had to apologize and thank him, which was really a test.

……

end of March.

The North American showdown between [British Showdown] and [Alice in Wonderland] has basically come to an end.

[British Showdown] was beaten by [Alice in Wonderland] throughout the whole process.

However, due to its own film quality, "British Showdown" still managed to win a box office of US$1.4 million in North America, and a US$2 million box office in global movie markets except mainland China.

The current cumulative box office of [British Showdown] has reached 3.4 million US dollars.

It can be said that the investment of tens of millions of dollars in the entire "British Showdown" has already paid back and made a huge profit.

And relying on this achievement, Chenglong has basically been able to barely return to Hollywood's 2000 million salary club in the field of action films.

It also made director Martin Campbell's reputation flourish again after "007: Casino Royale".

But compared to [British Showdown], which was overjoyed because of its box office of more than 3 million U.S. dollars, Disney Pictures, [Alice in Wonderland], looked quite ugly.

It’s not that Alice in Wonderland didn’t do well at the box office.

North America is 3.1 million US dollars, and the global overseas box office excluding the mainland is 6.3 million US dollars. The total box office is 9.4 million US dollars, and it has almost crossed the global one billion US dollars threshold.

No one can say anything bad about such an achievement.

But it is precisely because of this result that Disney Pictures is quite annoyed.

Because it’s just a little bit closer to crossing the global billion dollar threshold.

……

"I should have let Zhang come over and make a cameo." Bob Brett, president of Disney Pictures, said with some pity when looking at the box office data of "Alice in Wonderland".

Because the profit generated by a movie that has a global box office of over one billion and one that does not exceed one billion is hugely different.

The difference here is not between box office revenue and peripheral revenue, but the role the film can play in financial markets.

Vice President Robert Watt on the other side was quite disdainful when he heard this.

I knew?
I said from the beginning that I wanted to find Zhang Nan to make a cameo. Just think of it as spending some money to buy insurance. You don’t want to!
What's the point of putting it here as an afterthought?

Robert Watt was very resentful because he felt that he could take his place.

But in the past few years, I have endured all the domestic violence and the trouble of wiping the butt of my annoying brother-in-law. Robert Watt's ninjutsu is not even at the level of Hokage, so although there are many thoughts in his heart, on the surface he is very... calm.

"[Alice in Wonderland] has not yet been released in the mainland, and in the past few years, the box office size of the mainland movie market has also increased, so there is still a chance that [Alice in Wonderland] will exceed one billion U.S. dollars at the box office, and..."

Having said this, Bob Brett paused for a moment before continuing, "The moves [British Duel] used against us in North America can also be used against [British Duel] in reverse."

Robert Watt understood immediately after hearing this: "President, you mean to release it in advance?"

Bob Brett nodded, "I asked someone to find out. The mainland release date of [British Showdown] is April 4st. I want it to be the same as the North American release, so that it can be auspicious for the first month of release in the mainland. 1 The [-]st of the month also happens to be a Thursday, so we will follow the example of [British Showdown] and release it on Monday of that week to get a sneak peek in advance."

(End of this chapter)