Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 51 It’s a bit hard to talk about

In March, not only will the Oscars be held, but there will also be the NCAA's "March Madness"!
Sadly, these are not things Aaron would care about, as Phone Booth is released in mid-March;
Perhaps because there is not much competition and 650th Century Fox is optimistic about "Phone Booth", it has arranged for the film to be released in theaters!
In the first three days of the weekend, it achieved a total of 710 million US dollars. Coupled with the good word of mouth, "Phone Booth" can be said to be a success.

After all, Phone Booth only cost $160 million to make.

Century City, Fox Plaza Building.

The office of Joe Roth, president of 20th Century Fox.

Joe Ross looked at Aaron Anderson sitting opposite him, and then looked at a script on the table called "Ghost".

"A human and a ghost in love, Aaron, is there a market for this kind of thing?"

"Besides, a $2200 million production budget for a romance film is not cheap!"

Aaron nodded. "I know the movie will use some special effects, so it's a bit expensive. Besides, the director is Edward Zwick and the lead actor is Kevin Costner. I'm very confident!"

"1100th Century Fox invested $5000 million for a half stake. In the North American market, if the box office is less than $15 million, the distribution commission is %;"

"For amounts over $5000 million and less than $1 million, the issuance commission is 13%. For amounts over $1 million, it's 10%!"

Joe Roth pounded the table and invested $1100 million, accounting for half of the film's shares. "th Century Fox needs a guarantee. Our investment must be ranked first in terms of return.

"Also, the distribution commission for the North American market is 15%, and for the international market, it's 30%, or you can just sell it outright!"

This means that regardless of the box office performance of "Ghost", 1100th Century Fox must first recoup the funds invested in production and promotion, including the $ million filming cost;

In the international market, according to international practice, the proportions of producers, distributors and theaters are 35%, 17% and 48% respectively. 13th Century Fox charges an additional % distribution commission for its own distribution!
Although it was customary to find an international agent and have them charge a 10% commission, the fact that the agent was th Century Fox saved Aaron a lot of trouble, and Aaron could accept it;

In the future, once our reputation grows, the issuance commission can be reduced to 8% to 10%, both domestically and internationally.

What Aaron couldn't accept was the bottom line for the producers' share in the North American and international markets. A mere 20% to 25% would be enough, after all, Sugon was a startup company.
But North America is the main market, and the producers' share of the profits is already high. Doesn't 20th Century Fox want to take any risks?
Fortunately, the film was not fully funded by 20th Century Fox!

"Mr. Ross, you know, if I take the international distribution rights and pre-sell them, I am fully confident that I can raise more than $1000 million." Why was Aaron reluctant? Because the box office of "Ghost" was too high, it would be a big loss.

Just like "Dances with Wolves", Kevin Costner exchanged the international distribution rights with Orion for part of the filming funds, resulting in the fact that he could only watch the international box office in tears in the future.

Aaron has a track record with works such as "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "Cinema Paradiso", and someone might be interested in the overseas distribution rights of "Ghost"!

Joe Ross laughed. "Phone Booth can indeed create a lot of value for you, but Ghost is different. The cost of this movie is 10 times that of Phone Booth."

"The important thing is, this is a fantasy romance film, and you need a distributor to provide you with funding!" Aaron thought for a moment, "I'll think about it."

"Pretty Woman" will be released next week, and New Line's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" will also be released early next month. When the box office figures of these two movies come out, Aaron doesn't believe that other companies will look down on "Ghost"?
Let's get the profits from "Sniper Phone Booth" first and then consider it...

In mid-to-late March, which is also the time for American college students to have spring break, a large number of college students gathered on the beaches of Los Angeles to release their nature;
Jennifer Connelly also came to Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles from Northern California!

Aaron was lying on the beach with the sexy Jennifer Connelly in his arms, and all he could see was a sea of white;
Tens of thousands of college students indulged themselves on the long beach, enjoying beer, champagne, rock music, beach volleyball, and music stages.

"American college students, really," Aaron under his sunglasses was really shocked. After all, last year, he was just a poor guy and didn't experience it personally.

"After a winter of study, this week is their time to have fun!"

Jennifer Connelly, wearing a sexy bikini, kissed Aaron.

After paying taxes and expenses, Aaron now has nearly $60 in cash in his account, which is enough for fun, but Aaron is not interested in that.

Although Ghost, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony's Columbia and Samsung have expressed some interest, the conditions are not easy to negotiate;

If they are asked to provide funds for filming, the conditions will be quite harsh, unless Shuguang raises funds on its own and gives it to them for distribution!

Now, these big distributors release nearly 30 films every year. Of those, only a small number are produced by themselves and have participated in the investment. The majority are invested in and produced by other production companies and distributed by them.
It is not easy to get funds from these publishers.

"By the way, Aaron, Phone Booth has grossed $1200 million now. Shouldn't you be happy?"

Phone Booth has only been released for 10 days, and this is a huge success, with the number of theaters showing the film now exceeding 1100!
"Happy, why not? Let's go to the bar and have a drink," Aaron stood up with his arm around Jennifer Connelly's shoulders.

Jennifer Connelly put her arm around Aaron's waist and said, "The Oscars are about to be held. It's the most exciting time in Hollywood."

"Okay, there'll be a chance later. Tonight is the premiere of 'Pretty Woman'. Come with me to watch it!"

After all, this movie is related to his own reputation.

Warren Beatty seems to have gotten over the scandal. Hollywood is too open about these scandals.
Isabelle Adjani was also nominated for the Best Actress at this year's Oscars for her role in "Rodin's Lover"!

"It's about to be released. You praised this movie so highly."

Jennifer Connelly didn’t drop out of Stanford and pay much less attention to Hollywood;
Especially after Aaron Anderson left CAA, she no longer has a professional agent, her one-year contract is about to expire, and she has no plans to renew it!
　Continue,,, coming...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)