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Chapter 299 Influence
The box office for the next weekend reached 6.5 million in three days.

The decrease compared to the first weekend was only 50 percent.

Horror movies have their fixed audience, which is not very large, unlike movies for all ages, which anyone can go in and watch. People who don’t watch horror movies will not watch them no matter what.

So much so that even if the venue remains unchanged, a drop of 60 or 70 percent is common.

So, in the horror film industry, this is already a very good drop.

Adding the $5.5 million it earned on four weekdays, "Final Destination" earned a total of $25 million after ten days of release!
Anyone who has paid attention to this film knows that it will certainly have no problem making over 40 million U.S. dollars, and it will take a shot at 50 million U.S. dollars.

But regardless, this is a movie that could potentially gross $100 million worldwide.

Considering that Huang Ze blended the Eastern and Western horror film elements very well, this is likely to be a film that is popular in most parts of the world.

Warner Bros. also realized this, and before Huang Ze was about to return to Hong Kong Island to prepare for his Golden Deer Awards, George, an old friend, found Huang Ze.

"Huang, congratulations." As usual, George gave Huang Ze a bear hug when they met.

"Just tell me what you want to do this time."

"We didn't make the comparison too roundabout, what do you think?" Huang Ze spread his hands.

“Overseas distribution rights for Final Destination.”

"How much are you willing to pay?"

"Eight million dollars."

"Let's wait until Final Destination is completely off the air, what do you think?"

"Huang, this time we still don't want the distribution rights for Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia. If we calculate it based on 20%, the box office estimate for Final Destination is 50 million. You know, this is absolutely reasonable. According to the existing data, it won't be much higher. If it doesn't reach 50 million, you'll make money."

"I have no problem with the estimated box office of 50 million US dollars." Huang Ze shook his head, "But, isn't it unreasonable to have only 1.6%?"

"Huang, I admit that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has taken in about 20% of the North American box office, but you have to know that Final Destination is different from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is a horror film and does not have the huge influence of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is just the gimmick of being the first foreign language film to break 100 million yuan in North American box office, which can attract countless audiences to the cinema."

"Of course I know." Huang Ze smiled, "Have you been able to enter the market of the Northern Giant Bear before?"

"How is that possible?"

"so……"

Huang Ze recalled for a moment and said, "A huge market with a population of more than 200 million and close to 300 million and a fairly high spending power has opened its arms to Hollywood."

"But you're still calculating the price of a movie for me according to the old almanac?"

“Isn’t this a bit unfair?”

"George, when I was looking for a distributor for this film, I didn't look for any other distributors. I went directly to Warner."

Of course, the main reason is that others may not necessarily offer better conditions, and unlike Warner, which will take certain risks for itself considering that there are still projects and a high degree of confidence in long-term cooperation.

But this does not mean that Huang Ze cannot use it as a bargaining chip to negotiate terms.

"Is this how Warner treats old friends?"

"I was thinking of giving the distribution rights of the next Final Destination to Warner Bros. But now it seems that I have to let the market compete fully."

"There really is a sequel?" George was delighted. "When I watched the movie, I felt that the story was not finished and it left a lot of suspense. It seems that I was right."

“Will the sequel still have the original cast?”

"How is that possible? A horror movie like this must have a different lead actor." "It effectively prevents the lead actors from taking the opportunity to ask for high pay, which can greatly control the cost of the film." George teased Huang Ze and said, "Well, we are friends after all, $10 million! But the distribution rights for the sequel to Final Destination will belong to Warner Bros."

"The second part, the North American distribution rights." Huang Ze helped George fill in the details of his sentence.

"Final Destination" can be made into five parts.

That means there are four more sequels.

If I give all the sequels to Warner, wouldn't I be losing a lot?
Even if you give it all to the other party in the end, the conversation still has more say, right?

"Okay, then I'll go back and communicate with the higher-ups.

"I've given you the North American distribution rights for the second film. Do I have to pay more?" Huang Ze held out his hand. "Fifteen million dollars. I can accept the same distribution conditions for the sequel as for the first film."

"Let's talk tomorrow?"

"Only a day and a half, I'm afraid."

"I see."

The next day, Huang Ze and Warner held cordial and friendly consultations. Based on their long-standing historical cooperative relationship, the two sides happily reached a consensus in the evening.

Warner invested 2 million US dollars to obtain the distribution rights of "Final Destination" in Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia, and also obtained the North American distribution rights of "Final Destination ", with the distribution conditions being the same as the first one.

After the terms were agreed upon and signed, Huang Ze boarded the flight, ready to return to take charge of the Golden Deer Awards.

……

Hong Kong Island.

Before Huang Ze even boarded the plane, the news that "Final Destination" had earned 25 million US dollars in North America in ten days had been reported by ATV and many newspapers.

[Director Huang conquers Hollywood, horror film earns NT$200 million in 10 days! ]

【"Final Destination" is a big hit in North America, and was directed by Director Zhang under Xinghai. 】

[Huang Ze's magic is not only in directing, but also in screenwriting! ]

This time, the film was not shot by Huang Ze himself, so the surprise it brought to the filmmakers in the Hong Kong film circle was no less than that of a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan.

After all, this means that Huang Ze can bring the director to Hollywood!

The director went in and brought in a few actors. Is that normal operation?
In an instant, the film directors and actors who were still hesitating whether to not participate in the Golden Deer Awards for the sake of the Academy Awards no longer hesitated.

I admit that the Hong Kong Film Awards is indeed a film festival for us Hong Kong filmmakers.

But you can't stop me from making dollars, breaking into Hollywood, and becoming a better person!
I'm working hard to improve myself, how about you at the Hong Kong Film Awards?

Can you still keep up with me?

Then please don’t contact me so frequently, I’m afraid Huang Ze will misunderstand.

"Oh my god!" After learning that "Final Destination" achieved remarkable results, Wen Jun lay weakly on the chair, feeling indescribably powerless.

Originally, he wanted to move the Academy Awards ceremony forward to one day before Huang Ze's Golden Deer Awards, forcing the Hong Kong filmmakers shortlisted for the Golden Deer Awards' main competition unit to make a choice.

But now that Huang Ze has proven the box office success of Star Ocean films in North America, he knows that this kind of forced choice between the two is not acceptable.

Otherwise it is easy to bring disgrace upon yourself.

(End of this chapter)