Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 375: 2004 and 2005 of the Measuring Ruler ([-]rd update)

After the next week's box office of "Man Without a Surname" came out, the time has come to December 2004, 12!
It has been nearly half a year since Chen Hao came to North America. Now that "The Hangover" and "No Surname" are on the right track to be released in North America, there is no need for Chen Hao to promote them, so Chen Hao is ready to return to China.

However, before leaving, Chen Hao came to Liangtianchi Films to hold an annual meeting to hear the company's work summary for this year and plans for next year.

Although Chen Hao felt it was a bit early, after all, China will not celebrate the new year until February next year, but in western countries, Christmas is coming soon, the most important day of the year, and New Year's Day will be the new year in a few days!

Now there are only 10 days until New Year's Day, and Chen Hao is going back to Huaxia, so the event can only be held at this time, which will also facilitate the development of Tianchi Pictures' work next year.

There were only a few senior executives of the company in the conference room. In addition to Chen Hao and Smart, there was James, the distribution director, Wen Ziren and Ray Warner.

"Let's start directly!" Chen Hao said after sitting down.

Smart heard the words and said, "OK, let me give a brief summary. The company has invested in a total of 4 films this year, namely "Chain Saw 3", "Suspect Zero", "Outdoor Barbecue" and "The Hangover". "!
"Suspect Zero" invested 500 million US dollars, and the North American box office was 872 million US dollars, temporarily ranking 2004th in the 118 North American box office list!
The box office basically breaks even, and DVD rentals have not yet been released. Sony Columbia’s reply is to wait until the official launch in early 2005, so there is no net income for the time being!

The investment cost of "Outdoor Barbecue" was 300 million US dollars, and the North American box office was 1155 million, temporarily ranking 2004th in the 107 North American box office list!
The box office is divided into 635 million US dollars. After deducting costs and taxes, the net profit is 280 million US dollars!
DVD rentals, etc. have not yet started, and it was also released in early 2005.

《电锯惊魂3》投资成本1000万美元, 北美票房8023万美元, 全球票房1.64亿，暂时排在2004年北美票房排行榜的第34位！
The North American box office is divided into 4800 million U.S. dollars, and after deducting costs and taxes, the net profit is 3200 million U.S. dollars.

It earned $8400 million overseas and netted $2500 million after taxes.

DVD rentals, etc. have not yet been released.

The investment cost of "The Hangover" was 4500 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office was temporarily 1.83 million U.S. dollars, temporarily ranking No. 2004 in the 8 North American box office list!
Because the film is still in theaters, there is no box office share yet. "

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. Liang Tianchi Pictures' biggest income this year is undoubtedly the two films "Saw 3" and "The Hangover".

Now, "The Hangover" has not received the box office share for the time being, that is to say, only the box office share of "Chain Saw 3" has arrived.

Previously, Smart calculated the net profit after costs and taxes, but in fact, the cost of Tianchi Pictures has already been spent, so the box office share does not need to remove the cost, it is the money in the company's account now.

Chen Hao did the math, and the box office share of the three movies was about 7100 million US dollars!
"Yes, continue!" Chen Hao said.

James coughed twice when he heard the words, "In addition to the box office share income from investing in the production of films this year, the company also has income from the copyright distribution of several films in the library.

The first is "Chain Saw". Counting the license fees of DVD rental, premium channels and ordinary channels, fixed-location on-demand and derivative license development, the total income this year is 1800 million US dollars.

The main reason is that a company bought the copyright to develop the "Chain Saw" game, and the total income was much higher than last year.

Followed by "Chain Saw 2", the total income of all copyright distribution fees is 1400 million US dollars.

Then there was "Taken," which brought in a combined $1200 million in all its peripheral releases.

And "District 1700" brought in $[-] million.

In addition, the company participated in the distribution of 4 films it invested in and produced, and also released several small-budget independent films, which earned about $650 million.

Of course, the distribution income of the company's four films accounted for the vast majority, and the income of several small-budget independent films released in addition accounted for less than 10%.

As for the income from other distribution channels of the four films this year, the general manager has already said that they are all scheduled for next year, so there is no income.

The company's 2004 distribution revenues totaled $6750 million, with a net profit of $5700 million after taxes. "

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. Thanks to Hollywood's powerful multi-channel distribution capabilities, it has brought a large amount of income to the company.

However, to say that the company’s distribution income is 6750 million US dollars is just to put money on its own face. This is to hand over the distribution rights to Sony Columbia, and the company just waits for the money.

Therefore, the distribution ability of Liangtianchi Pictures is still very weak, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to quickly become stronger. It is impossible to avoid it in a short time with the help of the distribution channels of Hollywood giants.

However, in 2004, Liang Tianchi Pictures earned a total of 2.83 million US dollars at the box office, and the total net profit also officially exceeded 1 million US dollars.

This is still enough to satisfy Chen Hao when "The Hangover" has no box office share.

"Okay, very good." Chen Hao said with a smile, making money is the most important thing.

Smart smiled reluctantly, because judging from the results, the company's profits this year mainly came from the boss's movies. The box office performance of the two movies he directed was far below his expectations.

"Let me talk about the company's plan for next year!" Smart said.

Chen Hao is actually quite satisfied with Smart, he just asks Smart to look after the company for him.

As for making money, I didn't place too much hope on him, but Smart's business philosophy is in line with Chen Hao's thinking, so I don't have any dissatisfaction with him.

"The company tentatively plans to invest in 6 films next year, in addition to Chen You's film, there are "Chain Saw 4" and "Taken 2".

There are also two low-budget horror films, Hotel Horror and Feast of the Beast, and another film that I'm finalizing a script that should eventually start filming as well. said Smart.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, "Except for my movie, what is the total budget?"

“《电锯惊魂4》应该还是1000万美元，《飓风营救2》则是3500万美元，另外三部低成本恐怖片加起来2000万，一共大概6500万美元左右。”斯玛特说道。

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. The highest one is "Taken 2". This is because he directly signed three films with Liam Neeson, otherwise 4000 million would not be able to beat it.

It's just that Chen Hao just calculated that the company has 1.28 million US dollars in its account, and now it only needs 6500 million US dollars for film investment, and at least another 500 million must be reserved for other uses.

Then I can still take away 5800 million US dollars, which is 4.77 million yuan.

Of course, the company still hasn't received the box office share of "The Hangover"!

(End of this chapter)