How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 496 Warner: One billion U.S. dollars of cash flow is not enough to build a business!

The reason why Robert Downey Jr. was a little emotional was not because he was envious of Zhang Nan's high salary in "Iron Man 2".

The two have also collaborated on the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] project before.

Zhang Nan's salary for the "Harry Potter-Voldemort" project at that time was much higher than the salary for "Iron Man 2" at this time.

Robert Downey Jr. is envious of Zhang Nan, who has received a fixed salary of US$2 million in "Thor" and "Captain America" ​​after "Iron Man 3000", plus [-]% of the box office share and peripheral income.

The three projects combined, the fixed salary alone is nearly [-] million U.S. dollars, not to mention the box office dividends and peripheral income.

The most important thing is that these projects are so close to Robert Downey Jr. that they are almost within reach.

Seeing Zhang Nan making so much money so easily, no one could calm down.

"This [Iron Man 2] does not have a box office share, how can the next [Iron Man 3] not have it?" Zhang Nan comforted Robert Downey Jr. honestly.

Because Zhang Nan really told the truth.

In [Iron Man 3], Robert Downey Jr. did get a box office dividend, with the proportion as high as [-]%.

Don't underestimate this number.

Because the total global box office of "Iron Man 3" directly exceeded one billion US dollars, reaching 12.5 billion US dollars.

Two and a half percent is $120 million.

When including the starring role in "Iron Man 3", Robert Downey Jr.'s fixed salary soared directly to the US$2000 million threshold of Hollywood's 2000 million salary club.

With "Iron Man 3", Robert Downey Jr. directly earned more than 5000 million US dollars in net income, strongly breaking into the top ten of the annual celebrity income rankings of the original time and space. It was very high in the ranking and amazed everyone.

Of course.

The reason why [Iron Man 3] can have such a high box office is also due to the brilliant performance of [Avengers 1] with a global box office of more than [-] billion, not only the power of Robert Downey Jr. and the [Iron Man] series.

After hearing Zhang Nan's words, Robert Downey Jr. fell silent without saying anything.

He does have the idea of ​​​​increasing the salary and box office share with Marvel Studios, and the price is not low.

Because among other things, in the "Sherlock Holmes" project, he started to receive a salary of 1500 million US dollars and a 5.00% box office share.

It was during this time that Zhang Nan, led by Robert Downey Jr., walked into the bustling screening room.

Zhang Nan's appearance shocked the entire theater.

The actors who play Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, the Hulk... and other Marvel characters are not as dazzling as they will be in the future.

After seeing Zhang Nan and Robert Downey Jr. come in one by one, their pupils were filled with envious looks.

……

124 minute later.

The screening of [Iron Man 2] is over.

The plot has almost no changes from the original version, the only difference is the addition of Zhang Nan as a pretentious criminal.

But it had almost no impact on the box office.

The first day's sales were US$5123.9 million, the next day's US$4577.6 million, and Sunday's US$3110.6 million.

In its first three days, [Iron Man 2] grossed US$1.2 million at the North American box office.

The results are quite good.

In these three days in North America alone, Zhang Nan was able to earn US$600 million in income, making a daily profit of US$200 million.

And it can be expected that the subsequent box office will be very good.

Because the current North American movie market in June is different from the fiercely competitive schedule when "Iron Man 1" was released. Apart from a weak "Transformers 2", there will not be a movie that fans want to watch until the end of the month. "The Twilight Saga 3" is released.

A whole month will be the invincible time of [Iron Man 2].

……

Warner Pictures headquarters office building.

Zhang Nan and Old Luke came here again.However, this time we are not here to discuss the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] eye ​​series with Warner Pictures, but to discuss the [Inception] project.

After director Christopher Nolan and Zhang Nan decided on this project, there has been no clear start date and specific remuneration until now. Zhang Nan is a little annoyed.

So when I came to North America to attend the premiere of [Iron Man 2], I went straight to the showdown with Warner.

If you can film it, film it. If you can't, forget it. I don't need your film.

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conference room.

Zhang Nan and Luke Lao sat on one side, while Christopher Nolan, Warner Pictures President David Morris, and a group of Warner project department executives sat on the other side.

"What do you mean by [Inception]?" Zhang Nan asked directly.

David Morris on the other side looked a little ugly.

[Inception] This project must be filmed.

First, there is director Christopher Nolan, whom Warner has managed to win over and cultivate over the years, a director who can succeed Spielberg, George Lucas and James Cameron.

Secondly, [Batman 3] still needs to be shot by Christopher Nolan, and Warner can't break up with him now for a new project.

But it is really difficult for Warner to actually invest money, so it has been delayed until now.

Not that Warner Bros. Pictures is out of money.

It's just that Warner Pictures' stall in the past two years has been too big.

The [Harry Potter] series is coming to an end. The last part was split into upper and lower parts, so it would be impossible for the upper part to be released. If the lower part is released after a few years, the popularity and fan expectations will be lost.

Therefore, [Harry Potter 7] will be available for Christmas this year, and [Harry Potter 8] will be available for Christmas next year.

Just for these two projects, not to mention more, at least US$4 million in liquidity is gone.

And then there’s [The Hobbit] with Peter Jackson.

The target of this project is the [Lord of the Rings] and [Lord of the Rings-The Legend of Sauron] series!

Investment is inevitable, starting with US$1.8 million.

This is the result of Warner Pictures persuading Peter Jackson not to imitate the continuous shooting of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but to imitate the single shooting of the "Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron" series.

But it's not over yet.

Warner Pictures, as a Hollywood giant, is also full of challenges.

And now that David Morris is getting older, the people who are expected to take over the position of president are all gearing up and eager to achieve some results.

So the [Green Lantern] project, which imitates Marvel superhero movies, made its debut.

The $2.5 million in funding is gone again.

Then there is Sherlock Holmes 2, which wants to ride on the popularity of Iron Man, which is another $1.25 million.

All together, nearly one billion U.S. dollars of capital flow has been locked.

Warner Pictures is rich, with a market value of tens of billions of dollars, and its development in recent years has indeed been good.

But working capital is also available.

It is already quite good to have more than one billion US dollars in liquidity.

If MGM had a liquidity of one billion U.S. dollars back then, it wouldn't have been bankrupted by Wu Baige, who invested more than 1 million U.S. dollars in "Wind Talker"!

Then [Inception] came.

There was no need to talk about production fees or investment amounts.

Just the starring role of Zhang Nan stood up.

That is a fixed-price remuneration starting at US$4 million, followed by a 50.00% box office share and a 60.00% peripheral income share.

(End of this chapter)