How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 741 Talking with New Line Cinema [The Legend of Sauron 3]

Mid-February.

The Spring Festival season in the Mainland has finally come to an end.

[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons] As expected, it won the box office championship during the period, taking in a box office of 16.52 billion yuan.

Although it is slightly lower than last year's "Mermaid" with a box office of more than 3 billion yuan, the results are still good.

Then there was "Riding the Wind and Waves", which opened low and went high, with a box office of 10.46 billion yuan, which barely surpassed billion yuan, and won the runner-up position during the period.

After this experience, Han Han also determined his future direction as a director.

That is to completely abandon the literary style and go in the direction of seriousness and comedy, and the male protagonist of the movie must be a popular star.

After all, the one billion yuan box office of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is more than 6.28 million yuan higher than the million of "Unexpectedly".

It also allowed him to be the first to arrive in the future, taking one step ahead of Guo Xiaosi, a pioneer in the field of writer and director, and joining the ranks of mainland directors with a box office of over one billion.

It also consumed all the reputation and status he had accumulated over the years.

But from Wang Baobao's personal perspective, the "Havoc in Tianzhu" project is a complete loss for him.

Then make adjustments according to the situation.

This is true.

Just like if you don't occupy the level of public opinion, it will be occupied by others.

If you make a mistake and step down from the top star position in the comedy industry, someone will naturally take over.

As the leader of China Film and Television Industry in mainland China, Kang Pei, the president, has never focused on the box office of a single movie.

……

"Havoc in Tianzhu", which cost RMB 1.2 million in production and promotion fees, not only paid back its investment, but also made a huge profit.

But this kind of adjustment is generally not friendly to foreign film sources.

If it weren't for the "Detective Chinatown" series that he carries with him, it is estimated that Wang Baobao would be in a situation where there is no comedy blockbuster filming at this time.

Not only did he ruin his development path of transforming into a director in a short period of time.

From the perspective of project income.

And once it is preempted by others, you can't go back.

After the wave of "Havoc in Tianzhu", Wang Baobao's box office appeal in comedy films has plummeted to an astonishing degree.

That would really mean being frustrated in love and career.

The third place in the final schedule was won by "Havoc in Tianzhu", which opened high and went low, with a total box office of 7.56 million yuan.

Kang Pei is sitting in the office, looking at the results of the Spring Festival stalls.

Huaying.

Such as now.

It’s about how much of the overall market is, and how much is occupied by external film sources.

"The film schedule for March and April has been decided, including [Resident Evil Final Chapter], [Wolverine 3], [Kong's Skull Island]... and several other Hollywood blockbusters that were confirmed to be introduced last year." Kang Pei said to his secretary.

This arrangement is obviously intended to limit the box office of these Hollywood blockbusters by taking advantage of the Spring Festival period, which has just consumed a large number of movie fans' enthusiasm for watching movies.

After hearing this, the secretary wrote down Kang Pei's instructions, and then reminded: "Mr. Kang, Changgong Pictures hopes to put [Kung Fu Yoga] starring Cheng Long in the March and April schedule, and they also requested that , it would be better to compete with the most threatening Hollywood blockbusters.”

"Ok?"

Kang Pei was a little unresponsive after hearing what his secretary said, and asked, "Are you sure you heard it right?"

The secretary quickly replied: "When I first heard this request, I thought I heard it wrong, and then I asked again. This is indeed what they asked for."

"What are Director Zhang and Chenglong trying to do? Are they very confident in this film [Kung Fu Yoga]? But that's not right! The reaction of the people I reviewed for this film was very average!" Kang Pei asked in confusion. The secretary then replied: "I thought so too, so I kept asking, and then I didn't hide it. I just said that I was not optimistic about the quality of [Kung Fu Yoga], for fear that it would be like [Trouble in Tianzhu]." The impact caused by Wang Baobao is the same. They want to use this "seeking death" method to reduce the negative impact, and they don't even plan to do any publicity. "

Kang Pei was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally said slowly: "The ideas are tricky and the courage is not small. Since they have good reasons, let's follow their requirements. We can also have an excuse to deal with this schedule. Several other project producers.”

……

North America.

New Line Cinema.

Since the end of [The Hobbit 2014] in 3.

It has been almost three years now.

New Line Cinema has not been idle during this period and has invested in many small and medium-sized film projects.

But the results are not very good.

But fortunately these are small and medium-sized film projects.

Even if it is a loss, it is still bearable for New Line Cinema, which has huge profits from the two series "The Lord of the Rings 1.2.3" and "The Hobbit 1.2.3".

It may even last for a few more years.

But Alan Toby didn't dare to endure it any longer.

Because the competition in Hollywood is a bit fierce now, the giants are starting to criticize each other. For example, Alan Toby heard that Disney Pictures is starting to consider a hostile acquisition of 20th Century Fox Pictures.

So New Line Cinemas approached Zhang Nan, hoping to launch "The Legend of Sauron 3" again, to give New Line Cinemas a strong momentum, and not to give it to the red-eyed Hollywood giants who thought it was a soft persimmon. Pinched.

"Zhang, how about a fixed salary of 4.5 million U.S. dollars, plus % of the global box office dividend and % of the peripheral income?" Alan Toby gave his own offer.

After hearing this, Zhang Nan answered the question unintentionally: "Alan, we have a friendship that grew out of adversity. When I was filming [Survival of the Doomsday 1], you were the first to come to my door to invest in me. So we happily collaborated on [Lord of the Rings: Sauron 1].

Then after New Line Cinema failed to invest in "The Golden Compass" and faced a forced and hostile takeover by Warner Pictures, I stood up and collaborated with you on "The Lord of the Rings: Sauron 2".

But when Disney Pictures threatened me with [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] and I was in urgent need of a big project, what did you do? You chose to watch the fire from the other side, which makes me very heartbroken! my friend! ! "

Listening to Zhang Nan's initial words, Alan Toby was still a little emotional.

But after hearing this, Alan Toby's face became angry.

I admit that you helped New Line Cinema be forced into a hostile takeover by Warner Pictures.

But at that time you also had a grudge with Warner Pictures!

And the fee for your help is not low!

Starting with a fixed salary of 3.8 million U.S. dollars, plus % of the total box office dividend and % of peripheral income, it will also firmly secure your position as a celebrity!

Of course.

In the last paragraph, Zhang Nan accused him of watching from the sidelines on the "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" project at Disney Pictures, and Alan Tobey couldn't defend himself.

But I wasn’t the only one watching the fire from the other side!

Except for MGM Pictures, everyone is watching from the other side.

Moreover, the reason why MGM Pictures is willing to rush in is because it is about to go bankrupt. Even its core series [007] has been pawned to Sony Columbia, so it has no choice but to rush in.

However, MGM's profit from this move is also huge.

The old [007] series is gone, and a new digital agent series is ushered in.

Moreover, [006], which started with a global box office of US$005 billion, and [], which was released just over four months ago, has also made a box office of US$- million, and it has not yet been released in mainland film and television.

It is estimated that after [005] is released in the mainland movie market, it will be a little difficult to break the two billion U.S. dollar box office, but it will be easy to achieve a global box office of billion U.S. dollars.

This situation at MGM Pictures made Alan Toby regret his original decision.

(End of this chapter)