Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 142 The headache of choosing the heroine

But compared to the income from disc and peripheral sales, that's nothing.

After all, his expected box office for this "Pirates of the Caribbean" is only US$4 million. The money will be almost recovered through the box office, and the bulk of the revenue will mainly come from disc sales and peripheral sales.

Disney thinks so too.

So even if it can really get a box office of 4 million, the 15% priority box office will only be about 3000 million, which is not a lot compared to the investment of 2000 million.

If the box office is less than 3 million US dollars, Wayne will even lose money, so both he and Disney will definitely be very happy with such conditions.

Now it depends on whether Wayne, as Soderbergh said, mainly values ​​the casting of the heroine.

So, just after breakfast and taking a walk in the garden, Wayne, who was about to go to the gym with Hannah and Jessica to practice equipment and boxing, received a call from Sierra.

"What? Jerry Bruckheimer came to me and asked me if I wanted to invest in "Pirates of the Caribbean"? And he also wanted to give me the right to cast the heroine?"

Wayne was confused after hearing this.

Especially after hearing the other party's conditions, he looked baffled.

"If I remember correctly, the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" seems to be 6.54 million, and the 15% priority box office is about 4900 million."

"Twenty million investment in two years to get 2000 million in income is not a lot, but the heroine in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is very outstanding."

"With this role, Keira Knightley was directly promoted from the [-]th tier to a popular Hollywood first-tier female star. Her value is not low."

"However, Disney made more money. If I remember correctly, "Pirates of the Caribbean Part 1" set a sales record of 1600 million DVDs and 200 million home video sets after it was released and entered the disc market. The profit can reach almost [-] million U.S. dollars. If peripheral sales are included, the profit will definitely exceed [-] million U.S. dollars!"

"Unfortunately, not only is the money returned too slowly, but it is also difficult to supervise. If Disney wants to do anything, it will be difficult to find out even if it hires a professional supervision and audit company."

After thinking for a moment, Wayne picked up the phone and called Sera again.

"I have thought about it, other conditions remain unchanged, but in terms of share ratio, I want to have the right to freely choose between 16% of the global box office, 33% of the North American box office, or 39% of the overseas box office. In addition, the subsequent works of the series Among them, I also want to enjoy the priority investment rights under the same conditions and in the same proportion.”

"Okay, I'll convey your terms to Jerry Bruckheimer as soon as possible."

The right to freely choose between the three sharing methods and proportions is obviously to prevent Disney from making small moves.

Although box office fraud is easy to detect, it involves tax evasion, which is a very serious problem in America.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

For example, New Line Cinema, the producer of "The Lord of the Rings", was stubborn in its original historical trajectory and concealed a total of 30 billion in box office for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

In the end, New Line Cinema lost the lawsuit and was on the verge of bankruptcy after paying huge compensation, taxes and fines. Then it was acquired by Warner Bros. and canceled its distribution business. Since then, it has become a pure production company, even at its peak. Less than a fifth of the period is gone.

Therefore, it is still necessary to be more prepared.Since the North American box office is the most difficult to fake, as long as the 33% North American box office share is guaranteed, he does not have to worry about being cheated by Disney.

"It's just that I haven't decided who to choose as the heroine of "Ocean's Eleven" yet, so here comes another heroine from "Pirates of the Caribbean"."

Wayne sighed with a headache. Although Keira Knightley's portrayal of Elizabeth Swann in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is quite classic, the problem is that he doesn't know Keira Knighty yet. Terri.

"It's impossible to give something away for free. If Disney really agrees to my conditions, then find time for Mike to contact Keira Knightley."

Putting aside "Pirates of the Caribbean", Wayne continued to think about the heroine of "Ocean's Eleven" while running.

Compared with "Pirates of the Caribbean" which will take at least half a year to start filming, "Ocean's Eleven" is much tighter.

But what he didn't know was that "Ocean's Eleven" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" were just the beginning.

In the next two days, Hemera Pictures received a dozen more project proposals, and the conditions were basically the same. They all gave priority to the box office and the heroine in exchange for a discount on the share ratio, and Give up proceeds from subsequent disc sales.

It even includes high-quality projects such as "Spider-Man 1", "Men in Black 2" and "Signs".

Not to mention "Spider-Man 1", it broke the first-week box office record upon its release, earning a global box office of US$8.25 million, single-handedly ushering in the era of superhero movies.

As a sequel to the hit series, "Men in Black 2" relies on the traffic brought by Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, as well as the value of the IP itself. Although the production cost is as high as 1.4 million U.S. dollars, it has also achieved It grossed a global box office of US$4.45 million, and the subsequent disc sales were also very popular, which also made Sony a huge profit.

Although the remaining "Signs" is not as famous as the first two, it was one of the top ten highest-grossing movies in the world in 2002.

Starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, the production cost was announced to be 7200 million, and it eventually achieved a global box office of 4.08 million. The box office alone has made Disney a lot of money.

Of course, because "Spider-Man 1" has already started filming for a month, there is no way to replace the heroine Kirsten Dunst unless more money is spent.

So they have to give a higher share ratio.

The current production budget of this movie has been increased from the original 1 million US dollars to 1.39 million US dollars, with a shortfall of almost 3000 million US dollars.

If Wayne is willing to invest, they are willing to give 24% of the priority box office share.If calculated based on the global box office of US$8.25 million in the previous life, it would be almost US$1 million, with a return rate of over 300%!

Obviously, Sony Columbia never expected that "Spider-Man 1" could achieve such high box office results.

It is estimated that their box office expectations for this movie are similar to Disney's box office expectations for "Pirates of the Caribbean".

To be honest, facing such a generous reward, Wayne was really excited.

Unfortunately, the release dates of these movies are later than each other. Among them, "Spider-Man 1", the earliest release date, will not be released until May 2002.

This means that he will have to wait until two years before he can get the money.

(End of this chapter)