How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 555 [The Hunger Games] Explosion

finally.

When Xu Zheng left Zhang Nan, he looked confused.

Without it.

After much deliberation, the candidate for the guest role fell on Fan Bingbing.

After all, for a domestic film like "Thailand", it would be a bit inappropriate to cast a neon or Korean top actress.

But the problem is...

Looking for Fan Bingbing, can I use you?

She and I are old acquaintances!

Wang Baobao and Huang Bo, who came out with Xu Zheng, were also a little confused at this time.

The two of them came here just to follow Xu Zheng and see if they could make friends with the big boss Zhang Nan. If that didn't work, it would be good to leave a good impression.

But when I saw you today...

It can only be said that the boss is worthy of being a boss, and his methods are indeed high. He immediately hit all the guest options that Xu Zheng had prepared in advance.

"Director Xu, don't worry. It's good now. At least if Fan Bingbing is the guest star, we won't need to reshoot some of our previous scenes." Wang Baobao comforted Xu Zheng.

When Xu Zheng heard this, he turned his smooth head and looked at Wang Baobao.

His eyes seemed to be saying a line from Zhou Xingxing's "Mermaid" movie: Do you think you are very humorous? ——

3 month 23 day.

North America.

[The Hunger Games] premiere scene.

Zhang Nan, who had not been seen for some time, caused quite a fuss when she appeared on the red carpet again.

After Zhang Nan walked on the red carpet, she was warmly treated by Jon Gusta of Lionsgate Pictures.

It's impossible not to be enthusiastic.

Lionsgate Pictures, which has rarely worked with Zhang Nan, has always made money by making movies, and then relying on box office and peripherals to make profits.

For example, this [The Hunger Games].

Lionsgate's initial plan was to imitate Summit Entertainment's operations, aiming to adapt the popular novels and movies of the "Twilight" series.

Make money through box office and peripheral revenue.

But I don’t know anything about the financial operation of film and television projects.

It’s not that Lionsgate doesn’t want to understand, but Lionsgate is not big enough and has never had any high-quality projects. It has not yet reached the threshold to understand the financial operation of film and television.

But as soon as Zhang Nan joined [The Hunger Games], things suddenly changed.

The bank that used to be difficult to lend money to is now easy to lend, but it requires a share of [The Hunger Games] as collateral.

It was previously difficult to negotiate with theaters about the share of the movie, but now it is easier to negotiate, but it needs to be confirmed that Zhang Nan will star in "The Hunger Games".

Even on Wall Street, which I don’t even know much about, companies engaged in financial operations of film and television are now talking about projects, and the other parties are very interested and generous.

Let's say that.

Lionsgate Pictures now can make tens of millions of dollars in profits just by selling out its share of "The Hunger Games" after the cost.

You must know that in "The Hunger Games" with Zhang Nan's guest appearance, the total cost has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

Count the tens of millions in benefits. In other words, the global box office of "The Hunger Games" is estimated to be over 300 million U.S. dollars, and it's just the beginning.

Because only in this way can the other party make money.

Of course.

Lionsgate Pictures was not so short-sighted as to directly sell the "Hunger Games" project at a good price, but wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to deepen cooperation with Zhang Nan.

then……

Lionsgate executives are very fortunate not to be short-sighted in selling out the rights to The Hunger Games.

Because the day after the release of "The Hunger Games", its first-day box office data was indeed a bit outrageous.
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Inside the office of North American Longbow Film and Television.

Zhang Nan, who just attended the premiere of "The Hunger Games" last night, and Old Luke are waiting for someone from MGM to discuss the release schedule of the "006" project.

Then old Luke was shocked by the first-day box office of [The Hunger Games]

"$6726.3 million? That's right! The first part of Summit Entertainment's [Twilight] series did not have such box office results. It had to be brewed for several years before the third and fourth parts were released. To achieve such power." Old Luke looked at the box office data in his hand and said a little incredulously.

Zhang Nan said calmly when he heard this: "Love, love, gods, ghosts and ghosts are naturally not as shocking as real swords, real guns, flesh and blood. With such box office results, it is not surprising. After all, they are all A best-selling novel with a fan base.”

"New Line Cinema is going to be pissed off when you say that. The original work of "The Golden Compass" is also the best-selling novel in the UK after "The Lord of the Rings". Why has the box office plummeted?" Old Luke found out There were loopholes in Zhang Nan's words.

"You also said that the original work was second only to [The Lord of the Rings] in the UK, and the movie focuses on the global market, and... the publication time of [The Golden Compass] was in the last century, and the popularity has long since dissipated. ." Zhang Nan explained.

Old Luke didn't want to argue with Zhang Nan in this regard, so he didn't continue to show off. Instead, he changed the subject and said: "With your guest appearance in [The Hunger Games], it will be a box office hit." The situation is that if we want to discuss cooperation with Warner about the [Voldemort] series, it will be more convenient."

Zhang Nan nodded when he heard this.

Not a moment.

The head of the film distribution department of MGM Pictures came and began to discuss with Zhang Nan about the release schedule of [006].

Zhang Nan recalled the situation of the North American film market in 2012 in the original time and space, and put forward his own opinion - put [006] in May during the summer vacation.

Without it.

Although "Avengers 15.2" will be released in April with a global box office of US$1 billion.

In July, Columbia’s latest masterpiece, "The Amazing Spider-Man 7.57" with a global box office of US$1 million, and "Batman 11.08", directed by Warner Pictures and Nolan, with a global box office of US$3 billion, were released.

The three films jointly took away more than 3 billion US dollars in global box office.

But during the winter Christmas season in November and December this year, the combat effectiveness is not low.

全球10.17亿美金票房的【霍比特人1】就不说了，还有一个跟【006】同质化较为严重的，全球11.38亿美金票房的【007之大破天幕杀机】。

If we really count, it would be better to release it earlier, in May, to reduce competition.

At the same time, it can just replace the schedule of [Men in Black 3].

Of course.

Forget about [Men in Black 3], even [Men in Black 2] is gone now.

After Zhang Nan's rapid take-off, the producer, Columbia Pictures, was a little hesitant at first whether to spend a lot of money to hire Zhang Nan for the dual-protagonist film "Men in Black 2."

But then Columbia Pictures thought about it and decided that it was not cost-effective to invite Zhang Nan to star.

The "Men in Black" series will always stay at "Men in Black 1".

(End of this chapter)