I'm not just a director

Chapter 103 It's hard to make money!
"Ghost Story" took in $1.5 million at the global box office in the three months after its release.

However, due to the different film policies of individual countries, the release time is not uniform.

So the billing situation of each party is also different.

And now Jiang Pei'an sees the final box office result is 1.56 million US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that China and North America have different box office sharing models.

In 95, Huaxia created the box office sharing model.

For every 100 yuan of movie tickets, 5% of the film special fund and 3.3% of business tax must be paid.

For the rest, the film company and the theater will share the account according to the ratio of 35% and 65%.

In North America and some regions, it is a step-down model.

The share ratio between the producer and the theater chain depends on the specific agreement reached between the film company and the theater chain. The general situation is as follows:
In the premiere week, usually the film company will take 70%-80% of the total box office, and the highest will not exceed 85%.

In the second week, usually the proportion of film companies will drop to 60%-70%.

In the third week, it usually drops to 45%-60%.

After the fourth week, it usually drops to 25%-45%, and after that, film companies basically take no less than 25%.

Of course, this model has led to the closure of many North American theaters in later generations, so this Hollywood model is also changing.

The ratio is mainly determined according to the box office, the higher the box office, the higher the ratio.

Usually the film company's income will not be less than 45%, and the high box office ratio can reach 60% or above.

Of course, later generations of North American theaters have also added a bottom line. Film companies can only get 45% of movies with low box office (the specific lower box office is determined by both parties).

The box office of a movie is like a cake. Movie companies and theaters are fighting wits and courage when cutting the cake, hoping to maximize their own interests.

Jiang Pei'an doesn't care about the fight between the theater chain and Lions Gate, he only uses the interests of Lions Gate.

According to the agreement they signed before, Jiang Pei'an will probably get 2970 million yuan...

US dollars!

According to the current exchange rate of US dollar to RMB, it is about 2.5 million RMB!

What is the concept of 2.5 billion RMB?
A RMB with a face value of 1 yuan weighs about 100 grams and has an area of ​​1.15 square centimeters.

Based on this calculation, 1 RMB weighs about 115 grams, and 1 RMB weighs more than 1 ton.

The volume is about 1.19 cubic meters.

So 2.5 million yuan weighs 2.5 tons.

Another example is "Hero", which is a milestone domestic commercial blockbuster, with a domestic box office of 2002 million in 2.5.

Note, here is the total box office in the Mainland!
It's not the net profit that Jiang Pei'an gets after dividends are distributed layer by layer.

Of course, he must still have to pay taxes.

Tax evasion, this is a taboo in the entertainment industry!
If the 2.5 million is stored in a certain interest-bearing software in the future, the daily interest alone will be 2+...

It's worth noting again that it's the year 2000, the first year of the new millennium.

Money is still very valuable!
In a word:

Jiang Pei'an sent it!
It's also a lot of money!

And this state of making money is still going on, after all, the CDs of "Ghost Story" have also begun to be released.

Overseas, Lionsgate is in charge of global marketing, and domestically, Qi Yuefei distributes goods.

The distribution of discs is also a big deal, until the so-called "IP" explodes in later generations.

"Ghost Shadow Records" can rely on IP development to make a fortune again, but by then, Jiang Pei'an probably won't care about such small things...

The impressive box office results of "Chain Saw" in the first week shocked many people.

In this context, Lions Gate is also accelerating the global release of the film.

Lionsgate's last "Ghost" has already opened up many national markets. After the first week's results were released, it quickly sent "Chain Saw" over there.

At the same time, Lionsgate is also constantly exploring and expanding the film market in more countries.

With these two films alone, Lionsgate's film market has directly opened up a new situation, and its territory has expanded by more than ten times than before.

From an independent film company established less than three years ago, it has become an upstart among film companies...

"Jiang, it's over [-] million. Our "Chain Saw" has a global box office of over [-] million!"

President Charles came to Jiang Pei'an's office in Lionsgate and excitedly shared the news with him.

Hearing this, Jiang Pei'an was slightly taken aback.

This breaks through [-] million?The movie has only been released for a month!
But Jiang Pei'an was keenly aware of one point, what Charles was talking about was the global box office.

He knew that Lionsgate had been working overtime lately, and he hadn't even seen Old Brown, who was always elegant and calm, for a long time.

And the global box office breaking [-] million in the first month should be the result of Lionsgate's hard work this month.

Otherwise, just relying on the North American box office, it will take at least two months to break through [-] million.

It would be a lie to say that he was not excited, but Jiang Pei'an was still able to hold on. After all, he would check the box office every few days.

There is also a general estimate of the box office, and it is imperative to break through [-] million.

It's just that he didn't expect the box office to grow so rapidly.

"Jiang, we must celebrate. I plan to hold a press conference to celebrate the victory. You are our greatest contributor. Please be sure to attend!"

Charles looked at Jiang Pei'an and asked.

Charles had held a celebration party of a similar nature in the last time "Ghost Shadow Breaks Billions", but Jiang Pei'an was still in China and did not attend at that time.

This time, there is a high probability that it will not be pushed away.

"Thank you for your invitation, President Charles, I will attend."

Jiang Pei'an replied with a smile.

"That's too good to be true!"

Charles laughed.

"Jiang, there is one more thing..."

Charles stared at Jiang Pei'an, and said brightly:
"Mr. Brown said that Saw is a series, so when are we going to do a second one?
And "Ghost Story" Honestly, after I finished watching it, I was thinking in my head, it must still have many sequels!

You will be the producer of all the films in these two series! "

Jiang Pei'an looked at Charles in surprise, this foreigner has something.

A sequel to "Chain Saw" is definitely going to be filmed, let alone this.

A total of six "Ghost Shadows" were filmed in later generations.

And each box office has made a lot of money, compared to its low-cost production.

There will definitely be sequels to both movies, but...

"Mr. President, I want to rest for a while, is that okay?"

Jiang Pei'an said calmly.

"Oh, of course you can. You have worked hard during this time. We can take our time about the movie."

Charles readily agreed.

After the two chatted for a while, Charles took the initiative to leave.

When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned back.

"Jiang, Lionsgate is your friend forever."

Charles turned back and looked at Jiang Pei'an, and said sincerely.

"Of course, of course we are friends."

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Charles also smiled and left.

"Damn friend."

Looking at Charles' back, Jiang Pei'an complained in his heart.

He has reason to believe that this group of foreigners value interests more than friendship.

If Charles had handed over the production position to Jiang Pei'an before, he might have agreed to shoot the sequel.

Only now...

"I don't want to be like this, but they are the Sixth National University..."

Jiang Pei'an looked at several missed calls from his mobile phone and said to himself.

……

　I haven't been in a good state recently, I owe a total of [-] words, and I will make up for it on the weekend!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)