How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 591: Something is wrong with Paramount in [Transformers 3]

First three days in North America.

【钢铁侠3】以6885.8万美金、6227.3万美金和4301.2万美金的票房成绩，累计拿下了1.74亿美金的成绩。

It directly blinded the eyes of many practitioners in Hollywood.

Without it.

Because based on the first week results of [Iron Man 3], its total box office in North America will be around US$- million.

If so, the global box office of [Iron Man 3] is likely to exceed the threshold of one billion US dollars in global box office.

Thinking of this, everyone became stiff and silent.

Because even though the global box office threshold of 1 billion has been set by Zhang Nan, it seems a bit worthless. Zhang Nan will make several movies every year.

But you can find it if you really count them.

There are really only a few movies not starring Zhang Nan that have exceeded the global threshold of one billion US dollars at the box office.

That is to say, the film and television industry exploded last year, with four films including "Avengers 1", "Batman 3", "The Hobbit" and "Skyfall" appearing one after another.

And if we go further, it has to be [Star Wars Episode 1] and [Titanic].

How many years ago was that all?

Moreover, compared to the films that appeared last year, [Iron Man 3]'s hard power is more prominent.

Because [Avengers 1] accumulated the influence of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan.

[Batman 3] has the full support of Warner Pictures and the swan song promotion of Nolan’s last superhero movie.

[The Hobbit 1] takes on some fans of the [Lord of the Rings] trilogy and [The Legend of Sauron].

Not to mention [007: Skyfall], it can be said that it is a big explosion that the entire [007] series has accumulated over decades.

And [Iron Man 3] basically relies on the personal charm of Robert Downey Jr.

Therefore, as soon as [Iron Man 3]'s terrifying box office performance in its first week came out, Robert Downey Jr.'s popularity began to soar.

For example, Warner Pictures, although they know that "Detective Sherlock Holmes 2" has suffered heavy losses, they are already considering whether to prepare for the "Detective Sherlock Holmes 3" project.

no way.

Robert Downey Jr.'s personal popularity is about to soar, and this is a good opportunity to ride on the popularity.

But these have little to do with Zhang Nan.

After attending the premiere of [Iron Man 3], Zhang Nan came to the headquarters of Paramount Pictures to discuss matters related to [Transformers 3].

And Zhang Nan only has one old series project left to talk about.

Because after Zhang Nan completely sold the copyright of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to Disney at a high price, he gracefully withdrew from the production of the sequel series after "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".

The only series that Zhang Nan still has in hand are the [Legend of Sauron] series, [006] series, [Jurassic World] series, [Avatar] series and [Voldemort] series.

And Zhang Nan has just collaborated with Warner Pictures on "Voldemort 2". The movie is expected to be released on Christmas time, so it is definitely impossible to produce "Voldemort 3" right away.

Then the [006] series is also in the same situation. Moreover, MGM has just made a lot of money with the global box office of more than 006 billion US dollars in [], making it richer and more confident.

Currently, I am eyeing Sony Columbia's profits from "007: Skyfall" and want to take back the copyright. Then it will become the undoubtedly No. 1 spy film.

Therefore, for this goal, MGM has no intention to continue to develop the follow-up series of [006] for the time being, and is fighting and wrestling with Sony Columbia.

As for the "Legend of Sauron" series...

New Line Cinema is currently working happily with Warner Pictures on the "Hobbit" project.

The "Legend of Sauron" series is in conflict with the "The Hobbit" series, so New Line Cinema's attitude towards "The Legend of Sauron" is quite cold for the time being. Naturally, Zhang Nan will not be enthusiastic about it. New Line Cinema's cold butt - Unless New Line Cinema turns into a stunning beauty, then it is probably still possible, but by then Zhang Nan will probably want to stick to other bad things instead of her face.

There is also the [Avatar] series.

Let's put it this way, the project for the follow-up series has been established, but when will the filming start? Based on James Cameron's original time and space, it is estimated that he will have to wait for another ten years or so before the movie has a chance to be released.

After such elimination, the only ones left in Zhang Nan’s hands are the [Transformers] series and the [Jurassic World] series.

And [Transformers 2] was released earlier than [Jurassic World 2].

So Zhang Nan naturally came to discuss matters related to [Transformers 3] with Paramount Pictures first, and then went to talk to Universal Pictures about the filming of [Jurassic World 3].

……

The entrance to Paramount Pictures headquarters.

Zhang Nan and Old Luke got into an extended luxury car as they were greeted by a group of executives from Paramount Pictures.

As soon as he got into the car, Old Luke's expression changed and he said, "Zhang, why do I feel something is wrong with the situation! Although the negotiations on [Transformers 3] went smoothly.

Paramount is also quite sincere in terms of remuneration.

Under the condition that the fixed salary of 2 million US dollars and the box office dividend of % remain unchanged, the peripheral revenue share will be increased compared to the % of "Transformers ". It went from three percent to sixty-five percent.

It may not seem like a big increase, but your salary has reached a limit. Every percentage point or dollar you add to it is very difficult.

What's more, the highest revenue of the [Transformers] series is from peripheral revenue, and its toys sell so well.

But I just have a vague feeling that something is wrong with Paramount during this process. "

Zhang Nan glanced at Old Luke unexpectedly and said, "Old Luke, you are much better now than before!"

"Otherwise, all these years would have been in vain, so... do you know what's wrong with Paramount Pictures?" Old Luke agreed with Zhang Nan, and then asked rhetorically.

Zhang Nan didn't hide it either. After all, there was no need to hide this kind of thing with Old Luke.

"Actually, you are vaguely aware of something wrong with Paramount Pictures. It's none other than Paramount Pictures' attitude towards cooperation with us in the [Transformers] series projects, and you have a little bit of a wait-and-see idea. .

It’s just that because I am the founder of the [Transformers] series, and it is currently so popular in Hollywood, and the [Transformers] series itself is a mainland co-production, it is not easy to fall out directly, and there is no time to do so. They haven't arrived either, so they can only "please" cooperate with us first. " Zhang Nan replied.

(End of this chapter)