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

Chapter 202 Box Office Records
Wayne raised his eyebrows in surprise after hearing this.

"Forget about 1.646 million, the overseas box office is only 5166 million? Is it so low?"

"Well," Hannah looked at the content in the book and explained: "The main overseas box office is concentrated in Europe, especially the box office in Spain, France, and Germany is very high, but the box office in East Asia and Southeast Asia is very low. The total box office in more than a dozen countries is only over 600 million."

"I guess it's because East and Southeast Asia don't like this kind of suspenseful movies."

Hannah was right and wrong.

At this time, Chinese movie audiences are indeed not interested in suspense movies. What they now like are martial arts movies and police and gangster movies.

However, Neon and Bangziguo probably just don’t suit my taste, or I don’t think they are as good as their local suspense movies.

After all, Neon has produced many suspense novelists who are famous around the world.

"But with the 6.06 million box office of "The Bourne Supremacy", the 3.117 million box office of "Mean Girls", and the 7.6 million box office of "The Notebook", you will be able to break the record by the time "Wedding Crashers" is released. He has become the star with the highest total box office starring in a movie in a single year."

Wayne was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, the combined box office of these three movies has reached 16.78 billion U.S. dollars. As long as "The Wedding Crashers" takes another 18 million in box office, the cumulative box office of his starring movies this year will exceed the first release of "Titanic" [-] billion box office.

It's just that while others used one, he used four. No matter how you look at it, it's still not comparable.

"Are you trying to remind me not to be complacent?"

Wayne smiled and pinched Hannah, shaking his head inwardly.

He became a star just to make money, not to compete with or surpass anyone.

"By the way, when is Harvey's party?"

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To be honest, Wayne is really curious about what new tricks Harvey can come up with.

After all, with the demise of giants like Sony and Warner, and Wayne's own influence becoming stronger and stronger, his unique resources are equivalent to being compressed.

So after finishing work in the afternoon, he first went to the company to look at the streamlined version of "Taken". After confirming that it was OK, he went to Harvey's party.

Unexpectedly, Harvey really stepped up his game this time.

Cindy Crawford, Kristy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell.

Harvey actually collected all the top five supermodels in the world in the 90s.

But forget about the other four, what the hell is Naomi Campbell?

In addition, in order to add another layer of insurance, Harvey found Sophie Marceau, who had some ideas for Wayne last time, but failed to go further in the end.

Florence Green, who is no less famous than Sophie Marceau in France, and among the French post-80s actresses, the only one whose appearance and fame can rival Eva Green is Meira, who has just turned 18. Ni Roland.

And Isabelle Adjani, who is truly recognized globally as France’s most beautiful woman.

Although Isabel Adjani is 46 years old at this time, she looks about the same as 33 or 4 years old due to her good foundation and good maintenance.

Even when she starred in "The Repentant Woman" next year, her appearance has not declined.

It can be said that she is the representative of the undefeated beauties over time.

"Hey, Harvey, my friend, you really gave me a huge surprise this time!" Wayne really sighed.

“But ‘Taken’ has actually been booked.”

Harvey couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

The public viewing of the film hasn't even started yet, and even the condensed version was only released this morning, yet it's already been released?
"Shet, who did it so quickly?" Harvey couldn't help but curse in his mind.

However, he has already offered a combination of five supermodels and three French goddesses, but he has not yet been able to win over Wayne. This only shows that the other party's bid is not just about women.

Fortunately, he himself didn't have high expectations for winning "Taken", because action movies are really popular in this era.

Even if "Taken" didn't star Wayne, it couldn't have done worse at the box office.

The risk is also much lower than that of "Girls", "The Dark Side" and "Mean Girls", which will undoubtedly make the Big Seven increase their bidding efforts.

Not to mention "The Wedding Crashers" starring Wayne himself.

The exaggerated box office of "The Notebook" of US$7.6 million is still there. Now Wayne's appeal at the box office is astonishing.

Even if he mortgaged all his Miramax shares, he probably wouldn't be able to afford "Wedding Crashers."

The Big Seven will never allow him and DreamWorks to win "Wedding Crashers."

So his real goal is, in fact, it has been started for a month, the filming process is nearing completion, and will soon be transferred to post-production.

If this doesn't work, "Heidi and Grandpa," which just officially started filming last week, will also work.

After all, with her wonderful performance in "Hotel for Dogs" and her sweet and cute appearance, Lily Collins can be regarded as one of the top child stars in Hollywood.

The only one who can surpass her may be Dakota Fanning, who became popular in advance because of her role in the new version of "Girls".

Wayne wrote the script, Hemera Pictures produced it, and the popular child star Lily Collins starred in it. Not to mention making a huge profit at the box office, at least it couldn't afford to lose money.

Harvey spoke his mind frankly.

As a result, Wayne was naturally rude.

The five supermodels, plus the three French goddesses, were all spared.

This kind of powerful strength with one against eight directly made them feel that all the years they had lived in the past were in vain.

Especially Adjani and Sophie Marceau, they couldn't help but think that I was born before you were born, and you are already old after you were born.

In addition, he did not let go of Melanie Laurent.

It's just that Melanie Laurent, who has been taught dance and performance by her mother who is a ballet dancer since she was a child, and has never had any time to rest, has not had coffee with a boy yet.

Wayne will naturally have to find another time to taste this refreshing little dessert alone.

After tasting it, Melanie Laurent, who was new to Los Angeles, moved into Villa No. 3 and became roommates with Eva Green.

It's just that Wayne can't hold a housewarming party for her because he has to attend Warner's "The Dark Side" celebration party.

Although Alan Horn has already booked "Taken" in advance.

However, he never had too many favors from Wayne, and he was very considerate of this opportunity to make friends with Wayne.It's just a gift he prepared for Wayne
To be honest, it was a bit beyond Wayne's expectations.

Maybe Alan Horn misunderstood something because he has been more exposed to the modeling industry recently, and at the same time he went to start a company in domestic entertainment.

This time, he used Warner Records' influence in Wanwan to directly recruit more than a dozen young and beautiful models and [-]th-tier starlets.

But this time his aesthetics didn't go astray. He probably chose them according to his preferences. Basically, they were all beautiful.

They even included Lin Weijun, who later became famous with "Lavender" and "Dolphin Cove Lovers" and was called the most beautiful woman in Wanwan during the subversion.

This did come as a big surprise to Wayne.

Of course, Lin Weijun should not be able to go back to star in "Lavender" this time.

Next, Howard Stringer didn't know whether he was used to following the trend, or he analyzed the same conclusion by himself, and also found a group of N models from Neon.

It's really funny. With his current status, if he wants to find an N model, wouldn't he be able to find one?
Well, if it were him, it would be really troublesome to find it in Neon.

In addition, he wanted to give Howard Stringer some face, so he accepted his gift, and then retained Mr. Sugihara Anri, who had just signed with the agency for less than a week.

Well, he really did it mostly to give Howard Stringer face.

Definitely not coveting that rare size among Asians.

It just so happened that she, Lin Weijun, Xu Ruoxuan and sister Zhiling could get together.

Silent all night.

The next morning, the screening of "Taken" was held as usual.

Perhaps they have realized that this is a seller's market. If the first-round quotation is too 'conservative', it may be passed directly, so the quotations given by each house are very high.

After all, the box office of action movies is generally higher in this era, and the risk of losing money is also smaller.

And "Taken" is really special.

In this day and age, and for a long time to come, Hollywood action movies are all about a broad-based approach.

Guns, explosions, speeding cars, crashes, and other big scenes emerge one after another.

But the overall style is still the same, just the size and coolness of the scene are different.

It is also because of this that Cheng Long's action comedy style and the realistic style of "The Bourne Supremacy" look particularly unique.

And "Hurricane Rescue" is a different style.

There is no hot car explosion scene, but the best rescue time of 48 hours is like having a knife behind you. Combined with the miserable scene after being trafficked, it creates a strong sense of depression and urgency, making the entire plot of the movie The pace is very fast.

Under this tense and fast pace, the protagonist strikes cleanly and ruthlessly in the name of love, which will make the audience feel particularly violent.

Moreover, ordinary action movies rarely give the protagonist an opportunity to show off his acting skills. Most of them just keep a cold face, and occasionally give a gloomy, angry, or smiling expression and that's it. Watching too many movies will inevitably make the audience feel the same.

For example, Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix", Jason Gouda in "The Machinist" and "Trafficker", and Vin Diesel in "The Fast and the Furious" , are all like this.

The protagonist is fast and handsome, and the racing and fighting scenes are also great.

But the acting skills are not reflected in at least these films.

But the protagonist in "Taken" is different.

The combination of an anxious and worried father and a ruthless and angry father was brilliantly portrayed by Liam Neeson.

Although there is still a gap between it and those literary and artistic films, in the action film genre, this kind of performance is undoubtedly quite outstanding.

Combining all these advantages, the major distribution companies' box office estimates for this movie are basically all above US$2.5 million.

For example, Warner and Universal, which are the most optimistic, have given box office estimates of US$3 million.

Therefore, the lowest buyout offer in the first round was US$9000 million, and the highest offer by Universal was US$1.15 million.

Companies such as DreamWorks, Miramax, and Lionsgate can only participate through cash plus royalties.

"Do we still need to continue negotiating with Universal or other distribution companies to increase the price?" Mia asked when we had dinner together that night.

According to her and Sera's judgment, if they negotiate again, Universal should be able to increase the offer to more than 1.2 million US dollars.

This can make you millions, or even tens of millions of dollars more.

But Wayne thought about it and shook his head.

"Forget it, Alan Horn is so grand, we can't be stingy. At present, we are quite happy to cooperate with Alan Horn. His position is secure, which is also good for us."

In addition to DC, Warner also has two super IPs, "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter."

Although these two major IPs, Alan Horn will most likely not be sold. Once sold, he will probably be fired immediately when the movie is released in November.

However, the online copyrights of these two major IPs can be used to win the entire series in advance with the help of Alan Horn.

Otherwise, when these two series become popular in the future and online broadcasting gradually becomes mainstream, you may have to pay dozens or even hundreds of times the price if you want to win them.

So the next day, Mia contacted Warner and sold the rights to "Taken" to the other party for US$1.15 million.

Since Warner planned to use this movie to compete for summer releases, it took only one day for both parties to complete this large deal involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Warner plans to start simultaneous global screenings on July 7th and officially release it on July 13th. You and the leading actors may be required to attend some events by then."

"no problem."

After looking at Hemera Pictures' latest financial statements, which showed a liquidity of US$1.5 million, Wayne readily agreed.

It is worth mentioning that Scarlett has now become a new second-tier female star in Hollywood with "Mean Girls".

Coupled with Liam Neeson, who is also considered a second-tier actor, the starring team of "Taken" is not unknown.

However, everyone knows that the film was written by Wayne and produced by Hemera Pictures, which is the biggest selling point of this film, so it is natural that his attendance is indispensable for the promotion of the new film.

And unlike "Mean Girls", "The Dark Side", and "Hotel for Dogs", Warner, or Alan Horn, paid great attention to publicity in order to get his first shot on stage.

Not only in entertainment newspapers and news, Alan Horn has also placed TV ads on Warner's own cable network, and has also placed pre-roll ads in several movies currently being released.

(End of this chapter)