director of the millennium

Chapter 114: Are the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect" for sale?
"Chris wants $2000 million and 20% of the box office."

"Although Jackie asked for a lower price, only 1500 million U.S. dollars and 15% of the box office share, he got the distribution rights of the film in China, including Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island, so the money will not be less than Tucker."

"Together, the two of them will take away 4500 million US dollars and 35% of the box office. How does this make our production company survive?"

Maybe it's because Wu Yuan is also a member of an independent film production company now, so Elard's words are very direct.

Wu Yuan can also understand that the two leading actors will share 4500 million US dollars and 35% of the box office. Which production company can bear this?
Later, Marvel couldn't stand this, and wrote down the most popular leading actors, let alone a new line with a small business?

Wu Yuan also immediately understood why the filming of "Rush Hour 3" in the dream was delayed until 2006.

It can only be said that New Line's declining company revenue at that time had to force them to agree to the harsh bill-sharing requirements of the two actors, and then made this movie in a "shameful" way for the producer.

Later, although the word-of-mouth of "Rush Hour 3" was not good, the global box office of more than 2 million US dollars did bring benefits to the new line.

But now that Xinxian holds the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the "Reaper" series in hand, it will definitely not easily compromise with Chris and Jackie.

If there is only one of them, Xinxian will definitely choose Cheng Long who asks for less and is irreplaceable!

But what does this have to do with Wu Yuan.

He has no interest in being a part of the movie.

"Ellard, I am very sorry for what happened to you." Wu Yuan shook his head: "But the series "Rush Hour" does not belong to me, and there is no place for me."

"It's impossible for me to take over a series led by other directors, let alone Jackie who is really leading the film?"

Just like the real soul of "Fast and Furious" is Vin Diesel's bald head, Wu Yuan is not interested in this kind of crew whose leading role is more powerful than the director's.

He was very interested in another thing about the new line.

"Ellard, is the remake of "The Butterfly Effect" produced by your company available for sale?"

""Butterfly Effect"?" Elard was surprised this time, how did Wu Yuan know about this movie?
"Hey, Elad, it's been almost a year since the movie was finished, can it still be kept secret?" Wu Yuan shrugged.

"Okay." Elard quickly put the doubts behind him, and asked strangely: "Daniel, do you want to remake this movie in China?"

"I think it would be better for you to make "Rush Hour". Although the idea of ​​"Butterfly Effect" is good, it is not a movie worthy of you. It is just a low-budget movie."

"No, no, no." Wu Yuan waved his hands again and again: "Of course I didn't make it, I also have a film company in Huaxia, and I plan to remake this movie for Chinese audiences to watch."

"Chinese audience?" Elard thought of the box office performance of the movie "Hero", his eyes lit up.

"The Butterfly Effect" did not obtain permission to enter the Chinese mainland market, neither the introduction of account sharing nor approval of the film.

It is also a good thing to have the opportunity to get involved in the Chinese mainland market now.

But before he could even raise the price, Wu Yuan took the lead and said, "I can give you up to US$50 to buy out the remake rights in China."

"Elad, don't refuse in a hurry. Let me settle the account for you."

"You know, China's film market is not big, and after "Hero", the cost of publicity and distribution is still rising rapidly."

"In the past, in mainland China, 100 copies of each film was enough. Now, to cover key cities across the country, at least 200 copies are needed."

"This is the cost of 200 million yuan, plus 400 million copyright buyout fees, plus filming costs, and publicity costs."

"The cost of adapting a Hollywood movie in mainland China would be at least 3000 million yuan."

"Among the box office revenue, theaters and theater chains take about 40%, distributors take about 20%, and producers like us can only get about 40% of the box office."

"That is to say, a movie with a cost of 3000 million yuan needs to sell more than 7500 million yuan at the box office to recover the cost."

Elad opened his mouth, and just about to refute, he was interrupted forcefully by Wu Yuan: "Ellard, do you know?"

"90% of the movies released in mainland China last year had a box office of less than 500 million yuan in the first week."

"In most cases, it is necessary to sell copyrights and distribution rights all over the world to make money back. It is difficult to make a profit."

"As for a remake movie, there is no way to sell the copyright and distribution rights. It can only rely on the box office in the Chinese market to make a profit, which is even more difficult."

"Even if I'm a well-known director in Huaxia, it's still very difficult to do."

"So $50 is the highest price I can give."

"I can even guarantee that if you search all the film production companies in China, including China Film, you will not be able to spend this money to buy the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect."

These days, there is really no domestic film company that is willing to spend money to buy the copyright of Hollywood film remakes.

The reason Wu Yuan wanted to buy the remake of "The Butterfly Effect" was mainly because he felt that this movie could bring some sci-fi inspiration to domestic audiences.

"The Night the Comet Came" he made before can be regarded as the first "hard science fiction" movie in China.

But this is not enough, Wu Yuan wants to cultivate a group of domestic sci-fi movie fans as soon as possible, because he has plans for the field of sci-fi movies in the future.

The movie "Butterfly Effect" is very suitable for opening the eyes of domestic audiences, and the remake rights of 50 US dollars are not expensive, at least not expensive for Wu Yuan, who has a business in Hollywood, and it is almost the same as picking up for nothing.

Of course, if Elard is not satisfied and wants the lion to open his mouth, then Wu Yuan does not have to "Butterfly Effect", at worst, he will take out "Source Code" in advance to shoot.

"Source Code" is also very interesting, and it can be regarded as a masterpiece of low-budget science fiction movies.

Regardless of whether Ellard sells "The Butterfly Effect" or not, Wu Yuan will shoot "Source Code" in China. He has already thought about it and just find the Chinese version of "Bombshell" Lin Chaoxian to shoot it.

In fact, to become the CEO of New Line, Elard's mind is faster and clearer than Wu Yuan's.

He clearly knew that what Wu Yuan said was correct. Except for Wu Yuan, there should not be any mainland Chinese film company buying the remake rights of "Butterfly Effect". This is a buyer's market, and he, the seller, really has no room for bargaining. .

"Okay, let's just sign a contract sometime." Elad didn't care too much, it was just a business worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He cares more about the movie "Rush Hour" than this.

"Daniel, are you really unwilling to take on Rush Hour 3? Both you and Jackie are excellent actors and directors from China. If the two of you can cooperate, I believe there will be very enthusiastic responses on both sides of the ocean."

"This will be a win-win cooperation."

"New Line can give you a director's fee of $1000 million and a 5% cut of the box office."

However, Wu Yuan was unmoved at all, and he was very surprised, if he was given another 1000 million + 5% split, how would the other male lead solve it.

Unexpectedly, Elard replied: "It's almost done. Will Smith is willing to join "Rush Hour 3", and he doesn't need to split the box office. He only needs a salary of 2000 million US dollars."

"What?" Wu Yuan exclaimed the second time today: "Did your new line give him some kind of ecstasy?"

(End of this chapter)