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Chapter 315 Shock
Warner was very concerned about the second week box office of "Speed", so it urged the theaters to release the results urgently. By Friday, all the data was summarized.

The box office grossed $17.2 million in four working days.

The decline is relatively good among all commercial films.

The more than 17 million US dollars plus the nearly 30 million in the first weekend brought the total box office of "Speed" to nearly 47 million.

And this is just the box office for one week.

Everyone understands that this is a movie that will definitely make over 100 million, most likely over 120 million, and it is not impossible for it to hit 150 million!

But no matter what, this is another movie that ranks in the top ten at the North American box office!

This means that starting from "Pulp Fiction", Huang Ze's three consecutive films have entered the top ten!

With three movies that have grossed over 100 million dollars in North American box office in four years, he may not be as efficient and profitable as Spielberg, but he can be considered one of the top Hollywood directors.

Moreover, it has been proved that Huang Ze can shoot many types of films, especially mainstream commercial films, which is of great significance to major Hollywood film producers and actors.

This resulted in Huang Ze receiving calls from time to time, all of which were calls congratulating him from friends in Hong Kong or the United States. There were also many people who tried to make connections with him and invited him to attend banquets or something.

Huang Ze basically did not refuse.

It never hurts to have some free time anyway, eat, drink and get to know more people.

Of course, some people also found Huang Ze’s residence directly.

"Congratulations, Huang." George gave Huang Ze a bear hug as usual, "The box office is booming, and this time it's very likely to set a new box office record for you!"

"Wrong." Huang Ze corrected George's mistake, "It's congratulations to us."

"It cost only 20 million US dollars to make such a film. With the box office revenue and various derivatives, Warner Bros. made more money."

“But there is still a huge overseas market!”

George and Huang Ze have been friends for almost ten years and he knows Huang Ze's personality well enough. When he saw Huang Ze's smile, he knew that the other party already understood why he was looking for him, so he simply did not hide it.

"Huang, your company doesn't have the ability to distribute globally, so name your price."

"We will still follow the previous practice, and the distribution rights in Southeast Asia and Taiwan and Hong Kong will belong to you."

"Seventy million dollars!"

"Oh, are you crazy or am I crazy!" George almost jumped up. Considering that the box office of this film might exceed 150 million US dollars, he felt that he could continue the negotiation even if Huang Ze asked for 30 million or even 40 million.

But 70 million!

This is definitely a number that even the president of Warner would not dare to agree to.

Once they agree, the shareholders will definitely suspect that the executives and Huang Ze have transferred interests, and they might even be sent to jail for having an affair with the bosses.

"But as far as I know, the overseas copyright of "Terminator 2" was sold for a full million US dollars." Huang Ze said.

"but you……"

George wanted to say you're not James Cameron.

But when the words come to my lips, I think carefully, how is the box office performance of James Cameron?
Piranha 2 is almost negligible.

"The Terminator" grossed $38.4 million in North America.

"Alien 2" grossed $ million.

"The Abyss" earned more than 2 million, and "Terminator " earned million.

It seems that if you really calculate it, the box office is similar to that of Huang Ze’s three films.

The key point is that the cost of Huang Ze's three films was less than 50 million US dollars, while James Cameron spent 200 million.

"Don't you want to think about it?" George covered up what he wanted to say, skipped Huang Ze and continued speaking.

"Jeter Lee is not Schwarzenegger!" "Speed ​​is not comparable to Terminator 2, which topped last year's box office charts. Its visual effects alone are almost certain to be a global hit."

“It’s impossible to get a higher price than that.”

"Moreover, Terminator 2 is a sequel that came nearly a decade later. Terminator has accumulated enough fans around the world, and Speed ​​is the first installment."

"This price is definitely impossible. Even if you go to Universal, Disney, Sony Columbia and others, no one will offer you this price."

"Thirty million. I can only give you thirty million."

"A sequel." Huang Ze smiled. "The price I mentioned is to sell you the filming rights for the sequel to Speed ​​as well."

I just can’t figure out how to shoot the second part.

It can't be like in the previous life, where they put it on a yacht and then have a huge collapse in word-of-mouth and box office.

It would be better to sell the sequel rights while "Speed" is still quite impressive and put the money in the bag.

"..."

When George heard Huang Ze say this, he took back all the words he was about to say, and his brain started to work quickly.

In this case, the proposal of 70 million is not too exaggerated.

It's just that the price is a little too high, so everyone needs to bargain together to reach a price that everyone can accept, so as not to think that the negotiations will break down in an instant.

After all, the cost of filming "Speed" was not high, but the box office was quite good. If Huang Ze is willing to sell the rights to the sequel, Warner would be very interested.

"I may need to go back and discuss this with the higher-ups."

"I'm waiting for you to come visit me again." Huang Ze has been strategically controlling most of things remotely recently. He just needs to make a phone call and doesn't need to do it himself.

Huang Ze has enough patience to negotiate with Warner for a business worth tens of millions or even nearly 100 million US dollars.

Therefore, he did not even attend the premiere of "Speed" in Hong Kong Island.

……

Hong Kong Island.

Almost as soon as the first weekend box office figures of Speed ​​came out, various media began to promote it.

And with the news that the box office reached 47 million in one week, nearly 400 million Hong Kong dollars, it once again set off a media frenzy.

In addition to naming Huang Zeding the world's number one Chinese film director.

He also hailed Li Lianjie as the top Chinese actor and the kung fu superstar after Bruce Lee.

Taking advantage of this trend, "Speed" was released across the Xinghai Cinemas.

"Let's go to the movies today!"

Jackie Chan and a group of brothers just came out of a hotel after eating abalone, and then came to the cinema that he had booked in advance.

He knew that "Speed" was a huge hit in North America.

Li Lianjie was hailed as the number one Chinese actor, and the Hong Kong media began to secretly point fingers at him, and he was aware of it.

It is precisely because of this that he wants to go and see what magic this movie has as soon as possible today!
If it was before, he definitely wouldn't be able to go like this.

But he still has three more opportunities to work with Huang Ze. Let's take a look. I guess his godfather won't be able to say anything.

"Hey……"

Thinking of this, Jackie Chan felt extremely depressed.

If his godfather had agreed to Huang Ze's conditions earlier and let him work with Director Huang, the position of the number one Chinese actor might not have changed hands at all, and he would not have had a big enemy like Li Lianjie.

(End of this chapter)