How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 841 begins to stir up the inherent distribution pattern of the North American movie market
Christopher Nolan's "Tenet", after being screened in North American movie theaters for more than half a month, has a cumulative box office of US$5800 million.

It doesn't seem like much, but it's actually pretty good.

Because "Tenet" has a cumulative box office of US$5800 million, it can rank eighth in the annual box office rankings of North American movie theaters.

And it is only a few hundred thousand dollars away from "The Croods 5856.8", which ranked seventh with a box office of 2 million US dollars.

But the problem is...

The production fee invested by Warner Pictures for "Tenet" is US$2.05 million, which is approximately 14.6 billion yuan.

It can be said that this wave of [Creed]'s failure has given Warner Pictures the good news that [Creed] had previously made a small profit and quickly recovered its blood in the mainland film market by relying on the Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmet, and even I also sent an extra wave.

And it also had a bit of a shock to other film and television companies in the North American film market.

After all, after Spielberg ages, James Cameron has a difficult childbirth, and George Lucas retires, Christopher Nolan is considered the only pillar among the new generation of directors in North America.

The failure of this wave of "Tenet" has made other film and television companies more cautious about sending their own projects to North American film markets for release.

However, it was under such circumstances that Zhang Nan knew that he had to add fuel to the current situation in the North American film market, so he called MGM Pictures.

……

The project of [004] basically ended with filming of [Jurassic World 4].

It's just that [004] was a bit unlucky under Zhang Nan's arrangement. It was not released in December 2019, but has been postponed until now.

With hundreds of millions of dollars invested in production, MGM Pictures was somewhat unable to endure this difficult time, but it was able to endure it.

The reason why I couldn't bear it was because the funds were trapped in the [004] project and could not be realized. For MGM, a company that had gone bankrupt several times, the financial situation was really uncomfortable.

And the reason why he can endure it is because the reputation of Zhang Nan's movie projects starring so far has not been messed up.

Therefore, MGM Pictures, which holds this trump card, is not a little bit more confident than other Hollywood giants that do not have completed projects starring Zhang Nan.

So much so that during this period, the stock prices of other Hollywood giants have been falling unstoppably, but MGM Pictures has been able to stabilize its stock prices by holding the trump card of the [004] project.

Universal Pictures, which has already released [Jurassic World 4], is crying with envy.

But now Zhang Nan suddenly called and said that he would arrange for the release of [004], and that it would be released globally through the channel of Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmets, which made MGM Pictures a little undecided.

As for [004], should it be screened online in a traditional physical theater or on a Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmet?

Although MGM Pictures is one of the Hollywood giants and controls the distribution channels in several major movie markets around the world, it naturally stands in the camp of traditional physical theaters.

But MGM Pictures is the producer of [004].

[004] If there are wider distribution channels, it will be of greater benefit to [004] MGM as a producer.

You must know that Hollywood giants like MGM Pictures are basically pure capital groups, and the various departments within them are full of hills and tit-for-tat.

Give me an example!

During the global financial turmoil, not all employees in major investment banks in North America were short selling, but some also increased their margins crazily due to past business to avoid liquidating their positions.

But the final result is.

We are all employees of the same investment bank, and one department pushed another department to the roof of their own company to be a flying star. There is no attitude at all that they are in the same camp and the same company, and that everyone is a colleague and a member of the same family. It can only be said that the world of capital is like this.

As long as you can make money, not only can you sell the rope to hang yourself, but you can even sell the supporting hanging service as a highlight.

So after Zhang Nan made a suggestion to MGM Pictures to release [004] over the phone, the production department of MGM Pictures agreed without even thinking about it, but the distribution department of MGM Pictures strongly opposed it. .

Faced with the chaotic situation within MGM Pictures, Zhang Nan had already expected it, so after receiving an awkward reply from the president of MGM on the phone, he calmly pretended to be cool:

“Actually, I’m not very anxious about when [004] will be released and on what platform.

After all, although MGM Pictures has invested a lot of money in [004] and cannot get the money back, I personally also have a lot of money stuck in [004].

But the current income from [004] is basically nothing to me now.

I came here to discuss cooperation with MGM Pictures, mainly because when I was boycotted by other Hollywood giants, it was MGM Pictures that signed a cooperation agreement with me on the Digital Agent series.

I am a person who understands long live friendship.

So I will say one thing now. Disney Pictures, which wanted to boycott me with "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", some time ago personally came to the mainland with the "Pirates of the Caribbean 8" project in hand and talked to me about the Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmet cooperation matters. "

After hearing Zhang Nan's answer on the phone, the noise at MGM Pictures suddenly quieted down.

Especially the distribution department of MGM Pictures, which was immediately stunned.

no way.

In this situation of confrontation between the two armies, if a traitor suddenly appears on one's own side, the impact will be huge.

then……

There's no after that.

MGM Pictures has agreed to show [004] on the Longbow Films VR viewing helmet.

And we are willing to become a supporter of Longbow Film and Television’s VR viewing helmets to replace traditional physical theaters in North America.

After all, [004] has been shown on the Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmet. It is already a "stain" that cannot be washed away. It would be easier to break the jar and smash it.

Then Zhang Nan took up the banner of MGM's agreement and pulled Disney Pictures, which had already been interested in cooperation, to come to the platform.

Then, using the banners of MGM Pictures and Disney Pictures, Sony Columbia Pictures, which had no deep roots and was deeply influenced by the Neon Consortium, was pulled over to the platform.

This is the end.

Because Fox Pictures has been acquired by Disney Pictures.

Half of the six major Hollywood giants have no objections to the way [004] is released in North America through the Longbow Film and Television VR viewing helmet.

As for the remaining Universal, Paramount and Warner Pictures, it is useless to have opinions.

After all, the current capital environment is trying to beat up the film and television industry, and these three companies have no time to take care of them, especially Warner Pictures, which has just experienced the failure of "Tenet".

(End of this chapter)