Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 340 You are too young!

No matter which market it is in, the box office generated by the summer file can account for 35% to 40% of the total box office of the year, which is a battleground for military strategists, so no matter how cruel the external environment is, And no company will voluntarily give up.

Therefore, even with the dot-com bubble ahead and people's desire for consumption plummeting, the major Hollywood companies are still on top of their game, pushing the prepared projects to the market as planned.

First of all, "Gladiator", which was released on May 5, took in a box office of 34.81 million in the first three days of the weekend.

Just look at the data, hey!

People's consumption level is not bad.

But look at the market, grass!

A movie is equal to the entire market.

Because "Extreme Jordan" was also released on the same day, it only reported 578,000 in the first three days of the weekend.

Although this is a documentary about Jordan's legendary experience in the playoffs in 1998, it can't bring fans greater expectations from a sensory point of view, but the "Space Jam" that Jordan participated in in 1996, that is Crazy 230 million at the box office!

Such a lousy movie can be sold in the name of Jordan alone, so now the Mosaic League is launching a more realistic one, re-editing those scenes that have not been broadcast and included, using special effects, and making an IQ tax, how can no one Did you buy it?

Is it because the tribe has no money?

This is easy to handle!

Promote the African-American Compensation Act and claim 14 trillion from the federal government!

Each person gets 350,000 yuan, won’t the money just come?

If the comparison between "Gladiator" and "Extreme Jordan" is not obvious, then the next movie will perfectly explain what it means to have no money in the pockets of the people. I won 11.54 million over the weekend, but everyone knows that this result is full of water, because "Earth Battlefield" is adapted from the novel "After the End of the World" published in 1982. The author is the founder of Scientology. Ron Hubbard, starring is fanatic John Travolta.

Only their own people will see this **** movie, so...

When those devout believers watched it, the box office dropped like an electronics factory that rudely dumped its certificate.

Explode directly.

On May 19th, the cartoon "Dinosaur", which harvests children's wallets, and the **** and fart comedy "Ha La On the Road", which harvests young people's wallets, pushed the box office to more than 60 million, but it was 5700 yuan in the first weekend. Compared with "Mission: Impossible 2" with 1.84 million yuan, their results are really not enough.

"Shanghai Noon", which was released later, received 15.6 million in three days;

"Undercover Fat Mom", earned 25.66 million in the first weekend;

Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie's "Sixty Seconds", 25.33 million;

The future director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "Killer", 21.71 million.

Under such circumstances, "Frozen Planet" earned 9.37 million in three days, which is actually not bad.

Because in the case of an economic downturn, the winner takes all.

If it is said that when people had money in their pockets, one movie a week was the norm for entertainment. If a movie starring B-list is well announced, the box office can hit 30 million in the first weekend. Movies starring A-list can basically reach It hit 40 to 50 million, so now, after the people have no money in their pockets, the data of the B-list drops instantly, and the data of the A-list skyrockets, which is normal.

Because the vast majority of viewers have no goals, following the trend of big names is their consumption habits.

In this way, it is only after the tide goes out that we will know who is swimming.

Only real big names can attract the most box office.

The rest of the stars who are half-baked in water, even if they make a flower job that will be torn up on the night of the group formation, the results will be the same.

The box office trend of stretching the hips has also made various companies see clearly the sluggish market. In the past, no matter what, two or three movies with a North American box office of over 200 million can be produced in the summer, such as "Black Clothes" in 1997. People" and "Jurassic Park 2", in 1998 there were "Saving Private Ryan", "Peerless Heist", in 1999 there were also "The Phantom Menace", "The Sixth Sense", "Ace Powers 2", but now, "Mission: Impossible 2" can break 200 million, which is already the best result.

The upcoming "Perfect Storm", "Scary Movie" and "Dangerous Movies" have no possibility of impacting 200 million.

But despite the general trend, "Frozen Planet" invested 75 million yuan, and it is expected that the box office will not exceed 50 million. It also made Fox feel the pain of the referee who was hit by Djokovic with a tennis ball.

Before, they had already given up the idea of ​​making animation independently, and were going to outsource it. Now...

Since Roland wants Blue Sky Studio, then take it!

With such **** outsourcing results, Fox didn't want to continue investing at all. In this way, when the lifted blue sky studio approached Warcraft Film and Television, the negotiations on the acquisition were finalized quickly.

...

"You are willing to sell 50% of the equity at a price of 47 million, and take out the copyright and distribution rights of the company's works for the next eight years in exchange for creative freedom, right?" Eve was in charge of the negotiation Lynn Watson.

"Yes, the production investment is not less than 80 million yuan, and there are no more than two projects in the same period."

Blue Sky Studios founder Chris Wedge nodded.

If it were an animation studio like Pixar or DreamWorks, when negotiating with the management, it would be a five-year budget, and then let the management squat aside and wait for the result to be over. It can't be hard at all.

An average investment of 40 million yuan per project is already the result of boldness, after all...

The "Toy Story" produced by my friend Pixar is only 30 million.

However, when Chris Wedge carefully looked at Evelyn Watson, hoping that the other party would not get angry because of his greed, Evelyn Watson, who had never handled a project worth less than 100 million yuan, nodded directly. Said: "Yes."

Not only that, but also directly talked about revenue sharing.

"Twenty percent of the total box office is the income of Blue Sky Studio, is there a problem?"

‘What? '

This result made Chris Wedge overjoyed, and nodded quickly: "No problem."

"Okay, first sign the letter of intent." Evelyn Watson said no nonsense, "I'll ask the lawyer to draw up the contract, and you will sign it next week."

Hollywood's global distribution of films, after deducting the taxes of various countries and the commissions of theaters, generally can get 38% to 50% of the global box office, and the reason why there is such a big difference is that It is purely because of the negotiations of the North American Theater Alliance. Some films can get 70% of the box office share from the North American Theater Alliance, while some movies can only get 50%. In this way, overseas standards have not changed much. Under such circumstances, the less powerful the producer, the more difficult it is to survive.

After that, the distributor will take 10% as usual, so what the producer can get in the end is only 28 to 40. Under this algorithm, giving Lan Tian 20% is already very Generously decided.

Because Blue Sky Studio doesn’t have to take risks, doesn’t need to pay for production, doesn’t need to worry about publicity and distribution, and only needs to concentrate on making animations.

Of course, although 20% were given, only 10% really belonged to the production team.

No way, who let the 50% equity of Blue Sky Studio belong to Warcraft Film and Television?

After signing the letter of intent, Chris Wedge did not leave directly, but rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "That..."

"Any questions?" Evelyn Watson, who was about to pack up the documents, stopped her hands.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

It seemed that he didn't want to occupy his boss's time, but he was more like eager to get investment, so Chris Wedge didn't have any ink marks, and directly pulled out a project proposal from his handbag.

“Fox gave us "Frozen Planet", we have already finished it, and during the contractual prohibition period, we also thought of a new project, a story about animals living in the ice age..."

When Chris Wedge took out the project book, he felt a little uneasy.

Because it is taboo in the industry to discuss the project before the acquisition contract is formally signed.

If the idea is not satisfactory, the acquirer may really feel that he has misread it and withdraw the acquisition offer.

In this way, it is equivalent to a boiled duck flying away.

But after Evelyn Watson briefly flipped through the idea book, Chris Wedge was even more surprised by the random answer.

"Oh? Is there a project? Is the contract ready?"

"not yet…"

"Then go get ready and sign the contract next week."

"Huh?" The unexpected result made Chris Wedge raise his eyebrows, and the next second, joy spread all over his face, "Okay..."

Although Chris Wedge used to be the chief artist of Disney, it was precisely because he worked at the Sixth National Congress that he understood how difficult the project budget is. It can be submitted to the Green Light Committee of the headquarters, and after approval by the review department, they will also pass the score based on the market judgment standard to the content president, and they will decide whether their project can get money.

During this process, if someone who dislikes you deliberately blocks you.

Then it’s over, the project you mentioned may be yellow.

Such a bureaucratic style is the root of their hatred of the Sixth National Congress, and now...

It smells so good!

Because of this, when Chris Wedge left, the unrestrained happiness was naturally seen by Evelyn Watson. Although she understood why this guy was excited, she really wanted to say one sentence—

"It's not that the company is optimistic about you, but that you are too young..."

That's right! After Evelyn Watson took over Warcraft Film and Television, "Ice Age" was the smallest project she handled. Not enough to watch.

How much attention should be paid to a project that can’t even form a public fund?

No way to pay attention!

...

When News Corporation learned that there was no movement after Warcraft Film and Television swallowed Blue Sky Studios, they also breathed a sigh of relief, because compared with the animation industry, the current company restructuring is more important.

At the end of last year, they were accused by the British media of tax evasion of 1.4 billion. Although the other party did not provide actual evidence, no one wanted to be entangled in this kind of shit, so the tabloid wanted to move the company from Australia to the United States. The king started the company's internal split journey, so that if he can not cause trouble at this time, he will not cause trouble.

However, even though Roland Allen was silent, News Corp. still didn't take it lightly. It sneakily made offers to IGN and Rotten Tomatoes, hoping to get these two bean sprouts, which had a good rise, into their arms first.

Such an act naturally attracted the attention of colleagues, but unfortunately, no one can intervene in News Corporation’s layout of the Internet now, because Disney has just failed to enter the Internet, Time Warner is still wrangling with AOL, and Viacom is trying to digest CBS. , Comcast is trying to acquire ATandT Broadband, so...

This group of capitalists who wanted to kill thieves and were unable to recover, so they stabbed the matter to Roland Allen.

Although IMDb has been sold to Amazon by you, the problem is that you are still the second largest shareholder of Amazon!

So you guys don't have a sense of urgency after seeing the momentum on Rotten Tomatoes?

As the kings of fire, they didn't call Roland directly, but through business cooperation, Time Warner, Disney, and Paramount wanted to sell movies on Amazon and open official stores. The worry that their influence in the future might be overtaken by Rotten Tomatoes was shown. At the same time, they also intentionally or unintentionally leaked the news that News Corp. is docking with Rotten Tomatoes and may enter the e-commerce industry in the future. The guy reported the information to the escalator.

In this way, when Roland in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, inexplicably took over the mobile phone handed over by his assistant, he was stunned. After listening to David Olsen's report, he understood that Jeff - After Bezos was nervous, he was even more speechless holding the drawing board, "News Corp. wants to be an e-commerce business?"

"Are you kidding me!"

"Now the whole world knows that the Internet bubble has burst, and the market value of those Internet companies has been cut in half. As a listed company that needs to be responsible to all shareholders, how dare they test the water with their own stock price?"

"Don't worry Jeff, News Corp. is definitely not going to attack Amazon."

"Their acquisition of Rotten Tomatoes is nothing more than wanting to broaden their media territory."

"Has it affected us?"

"Of course there is, but the impact is not big, so don't pay too much attention to it."

"Yes, you just answer him like this. If he is still not at ease, you can ask him, which fool would take the initiative to attack Warren Buffett's people? I still have business, see you later, bye..."

'Snapped! '

Roland hung up the phone neatly.

After throwing the phone back to the assistant, he raised the drawing board and continued to look ahead.

At this moment, Kate is standing on the viewing platform on the second floor of Fisherman's Bastion. The gray and white two-story building forms a sharp contrast with the white wedding dress, and the neo-Gothic and neo-Roman style spire is even more beautiful. is the best background.

Because of their existence, Kate, who stood under the tower overlooking the Danube, became a watchman.

In the golden glow of the setting sun, silently waiting for the love that belongs to me.

That's right, what Roland and David were talking about was to draw pictures for their own stinking motherfuckers.

As for why you want to draw?

It's just the wife's task.

Note: ① Giving Blue Sky Studio 10% is really not low. It is said that Pixar and Disney had conflicts back then because Pixar only got 14% of the box office. ②The British media that accused News Corporation of tax evasion is called "The Economist". This is a media that likes to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. For example, assigning Kashmir to India, attacking the ruling party in Singapore, and arbitrarily changing the ownership of the Middle East in the Persian Gulf , and in 1999, they set their sights on News Corporation and wanted to disgust Murdoch through the tax scandal. As for why? Because the "Economist" at that time was a subsidiary of the "Financial Times", and the "Financial Times" was a subsidiary of the Pearson Group, and the Pearson Group was controlled by Viacom, and the acquisition of News Corporation in Europe Go ahead and steal Lei Shidong's business. That's why News Corporation, which has been operating in the UK for more than ten years, has frequent thunderstorms in the new millennium. Fighting a snake and hitting seven inches, these big guys don't use normal means to compete at all.