Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1558 Box office is a metaphysics

Of the 730 million box office generated so far, theater chains will take one-third, leaving only about 500 million.

Of the 500 million, the film production company, as the main investor and manager, will take another 60%, and the rest will go to the secondary investors, directors, main actors and other important creatives.

Of course, the script writer is also one of the important creatives in this movie.

According to later statistics, because of this method, "Forrest Gump" allowed Tom Hanks to receive a box office dividend of 40 million US dollars.

The box office of this "Zodiac" exceeded the previous "Forrest Gump", so Jesse Cheng's share of the box office was higher than that of Tom Hanks, with a total of 80 million US dollars!

However, Jesse Cheng actually works harder than Tom Hanks, because in addition to being the leading actor, he is also the director, director, and stylist, and his dividend ratio is much higher than that of Tom Hanks.

Zhou Zhi, as the script writer and second investor, can also take the same amount of the remaining 120 million US dollars. In the end, the remaining 40 million US dollars are the small investors and other major actors. personnel income.

Compared with the box office of more than 700 million, US$40 million seems like nothing, but when converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is also 300 million!

According to the "Hong Kong Weekly" announcement of movie star salaries last year, Jesse Cheng's salary has reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which is already a very outstanding example.

Apart from him, the salaries of other first-line stars also fluctuate around HK$8 million. For example, Zhou Xingxing, who is very popular in Asia, received his top personal salary of HK$8 million until the filming of "Family Happiness" last year. .

There are even fewer female stars. Except for Michelle Yeoh, Brigitte Lin Qingxia has 3.5 million, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Wang Zuxian only range from 1.5 million to 1.8 million, and Zhang Min and Qiu Shuzhen only have just over one million.

Participating in the filming of "Zodiac" this time is also a desperate move after Lu Siyi broke up with her old employer TVB. Before starring, she claimed that she would get zero pay and her income would depend entirely on future box office dividends.

In addition to thoughtful recommendations, another important reason why I got this role was that other actresses were unwilling to take the job like this.

As a result, by mistake, as the heroine, Lu Siyi can now receive five million US dollars, more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, suddenly becoming the actress with the highest box office and highest income in Hong Kong Island this year!

So far, the two have received invitations to this year's Oscars!

The movie "Zodiac" gave birth to a large number of wealthy filmmakers. According to an interview article in "Hong Kong Weekly", even the scriptwriters on the set who had just graduated and started working became millionaires inexplicably. This is also the news that has been talked about on Hong Kong Island recently.

"Now you know why Siyi wanted to be an escort?" Jesse Cheng held the champagne and joked to Zhou Zhi with a smile: "I wish I could repay her with my body!"

Zhou Zhi could only hold the champagne and smile: "Our mainland has not opened up to this extent..."

"But I didn't expect this movie to be so popular." Jesse Cheng said: "Box office, this is a mystery."

"Computer special effects have not yet emerged, but we have already produced the effects of computer special effects. It is not surprising that it is so popular."

"What will the development of computer special effects be like?" Jesse Cheng was a little startled.

"It will develop to the point where it completely shows what the director wants." Zhou Zhi is very sure of this: "One hundred percent."

"If this is the case, will there still be a market for us in the future?"

"Of course there is." Zhou Zhi said: "In fact, all film technology ultimately serves the content. For example, the first piece of feather floating in the air in "Forrest Gump" was a computer special effect. The feather flew all the way and finally fell. In Forrest Gump’s hands, the effect and content are combined very well.”

"What do you think the director means by that piece of feather?" Jesse asked. "My personal understanding, or hope... I feel that the director is implying that no matter how difficult Forrest Gump's life is, his heart is always pure and honest. Angels also see this precious human heart, so in Help him quietly." Li Laosan also liked this movie and rushed to answer.

"Actually, I think it's more of a feeling," Zhou Zhi said: "It represents the quiet and beautiful side of life, and this side will always be in Forrest Gump's eyes and heart."

"A fool used it to defeat the whole world."

"When I say this to you, it all seems to make sense." Jesse Cheng was still thinking about what the two of them had said.

"Actually, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "This is Shakespeare's ability. "Forrest Gump" did it, and it deserves to be famous in film history."

"So you think it's going to be the Oscar this year?"

The Oscar mentioned here of course refers to the Oscar for Best Picture. Zhou Zhi nodded: "I think there is no problem."

"I hope Sony can be more powerful and lobby for a statuette for our film." Jesse Cheng raised the champagne: "Come on, let's drink to our current achievements first!"

In fact, the revenue "Twelve Zodiac Signs" brought to Zhou Zhi goes far beyond this part of the theater box office.

Because of the DVD forum opened with Sony, "Zodiac" was also produced into a DVD using the latest format released by the DVD Alliance, and started rental and sales businesses around the world.

Because the film itself is particularly suitable for family fun, the film is also very popular in the DVD market, second only to "The Lion King" and far ahead of the third place "Speed". Part of the revenue has now reached tens of millions of dollars.

Striking while the iron is hot, Sony is also preparing to produce a game of the same name, which will be launched as the first game for a new generation of DVD game consoles based on the MiniCos underlying architecture.

As script editors and image providers, Zhou Zhi and Jesse Cheng will also receive a share of the revenue from this game.

According to the predictions of AXA Fund's actuaries, Zhou Zhi and Jiesheng can each earn over hundreds of millions of dollars through "Zodiac" and all its peripheral products!

But this kind of good thing is just like what Jesse Cheng said - metaphysics. When computer special effects are everywhere in the next two years, it will be almost wishful thinking to recreate such achievements.

But at least now, this profit has made Zhou Zhi's waist stiffer again.

Meijie House is located in the suburbs of Hong Kong Island, with an elegant and quiet environment. It is backed by mountains and faces the sea. From the large terrace, you can hear the chirping of birds and overlook the vast sky and water, which are all blue. The scenery is quite beautiful.

Although it is a good place for reading and painting, ordinary people are not lucky enough to come here. Many of the couple’s collections are made accessible to everyone through publishing books and holding exhibitions, but Meijie Building itself is Luo Zhongrong’s collection. The couple "closed the small building and became one", immersing themselves in a private space amidst the ocean of art.

In today's collecting world, Mei Jie Lou can almost be regarded as Asia's most valuable private collection of 20th century Chinese ink paintings.

Unless all of Zhou Zhi’s De Mian Tang collection is made public.

(End of this chapter)