hollywood billionaire

Chapter 106 Rotten Appetizers and Big Bones

Those who come back in 2023, who dare to touch "Blade Runner 2049"?
Not exactly the worst flop Hollywood has ever seen, but it deserves its place on the list.

Han Yi held his chin and listened carefully to the people coming and going on both sides of the conference table, while complaining silently in his heart.

"Please describe the project in detail."

Jordan Bromley looked down at the file and said.Although all the details are in the prepared documents, it is also a competitive strategy to let the negotiating opponent lose the spirit, or wear out the spirit, in the lengthy introduction.

"Alcon Pictures reached a joint financing agreement with us. They invested 9000 million U.S. dollars and we invested 9000 million U.S. dollars. They asked Warner to handle domestic distribution, and Sony was responsible for overseas distribution. Therefore, our box office share in North America will be Less, more overseas."

This cooperation model is quite similar to "Nine".

Han Yi couldn't help but recall the night in the private theater.

"In addition, the Hungarian government has agreed to give us a very favorable tax reduction and refund policy. Since the entire film will be shot in Budapest, we should be able to save a lot of budget in terms of taxation."

"about how much?"

"About 15% of the budget, which is about 2700 million US dollars, will be returned to us in full. The actual production budget should be between 1.5 and 1.6 million US dollars, so we can also say that from the beginning, the two Each investor has a guaranteed return of 15%.”

"Estimated P&A costs?"

"The minimum investment is expected to be 7500 million US dollars. According to the actual situation, it may fluctuate between 6000 million and 1.5 million US dollars... It mainly depends on the commercial performance of the film on a global scale."

7500?
Should be more than that.

Han Yi was doing calculations on his notebook.

He also recalled that Alcon Pictures, after the film's release, announced that it had suffered a huge loss of 8000 million US dollars.

The domestic box office of "Blade Runner 2049" is about 9200 million US dollars.

According to the production cost of 1.5 million US dollars, Alcon Pictures will be responsible for the investment of 7500 million US dollars.

Then, using the simplest and crude calculation method, all domestic income belongs to Alcon Pictures, and all overseas income belongs to Sony Pictures. Then from the box office of 9200 million US dollars, Alcon Pictures can recover about half, that is, $4600 million.

Subtracting the investment, there has been a loss of 2900 million US dollars here.

In other words, Alcon also lost $5100 million in terms of promotional distribution and actor sharing.So, it can be seen from this that the P&A cost invested in "Blade Runner 2049" should be around 1.2 million in the end, without calculating the box office share of the leading actors.

The actual total cost of the entire project is 2.7 million.

The global box office is 2.67 million, nearly half of which can fall into the hands of the producers, 1.335 million.

The net loss was 1.365 million.Since Alcon has assumed a loss of $8000 million, Sony should have lost around $5650 million.

It is still the easiest calculation method. If the two parties share the P&A cost equally, then each company will pay 1.35 million.

Lost 41.8%.

If you pay 25% of the production cost yourself, which is 1875 million, then you can get back... 1091.25 million US dollars.

Doesn't seem to have lost that much?

Although Alcon will never take a penny from the overseas box office like the above calculation formula, the actual loss of Sony Pictures must be higher than 5650 million, but similarly, the income from VOD, streaming media and TV broadcasting is also the same. Not counted.In general, the loss range should not be far from Han Yi's estimate.

With a loss of 784 million U.S. dollars, I have another opportunity to enter "Game of the Brave" and other film and television projects.

Seems to be acceptable.

After all, if you can get 50% of the investment share of "Game of the Brave", based on the box office performance in the previous life, you can at least have a 246% return on investment.

Han Yi gradually began to understand why investment institutions were willing to take on some projects that were clearly difficult to make money.

Only after eating the omelette that you know are burnt can you wait for the cream cake that will be served later.

Isn't he right now?"Blade Runner 4" needs a box office of more than 2049 million US dollars to be able to compete...

Actually a little tempted.

"In terms of the sharing of various types of income, we hope to know the specific distribution ratio."

"Overseas revenue is 66.67% for Sony and 33.33% for Alcon, and the local revenue is the opposite. In addition, non-cinema box office revenue is also distributed according to the regional source of revenue."

Hearing this, Han Yi glanced at Kevin Hart, and pushed the notebook in front of him.

Kevin Hart has decided to put all the investment funds of 2500 million US dollars into the slate deal. According to their expected total investment amount of 1 million US dollars, Hartbeat needs to bear 25% of the losses.

A loss of $196 million, as Kevin Hart said, can be recovered with a few talk show tours.

In fact, after talking about the investment case of Sony Pictures this morning, he will fly to Charlotte immediately, and will be at the Time Warner Cable Stadium at 08:30 on time, bringing joy to 13000 people for a whole night.

This performance alone earned a box office of 141 million US dollars.

With the slate deal of Sony Pictures, Kevin Hart not only has Han Yi's capital backing, but also has his own comedy appeal as his confidence.

Throughout 2016, of Kevin Hart's $8500 million in acting income, $7000 million came from talk show tours.Therefore, no matter how much they lost, Kevin could make it back for himself and Han Yi.

Just cast a few talk shows with Hartbeat instead of Laugh Out Loud.

Thinking of this, Kevin Hart nodded at Han Yi.

After responding with a smile, Han Yi tapped his knuckles on the conference table a few times in a seemingly random and chaotic rhythm.

"Okay, then, we initially confirmed that we are willing to bear 2049% of Sony Pictures' investment in "Blade Runner 25" according to the mentioned structure, method and proportion. This can be recorded."

Jordan Bromley motioned for the paralegal to take the notes and paused before continuing.

"However, we also need to pick another film that we are optimistic about."

"I thought "Jumanji" was your favorite movie." Philip Rowley looked at Han Yi and then at Kevin Hart, and laughed hoarsely.

"Jumanji is one of those films where my client wants to be deeply involved in the production process." Jordan Bromley corrects him with a smile. Mr. Hart’s acting career. And Mr. Hart’s career is very important to Mr. Hart himself and Mr. Han. Our investment considerations go beyond the project itself.”

"So, Mr. Bromley." Natasha Azawa confronted Jordan Bromley, "Tell me, which project of my client is the high-quality resource you dream of?"

Philip Rowley and Han Yi turned sideways at the same time, looking at their attorneys leisurely.

We all know that this is a negotiation drama jointly presented by the two senior partners of Manate Entertainment in tacit cooperation, but it is really good-looking.

"I wouldn't say high-quality resources, but for investment, I would only use the phrase 'objectives with value'."

Jordan Bromley flipped through the pile of documents and said.

"We understand that you are currently working on Hotel Transylvania 3."

""Hotel Transylvania 2" is the first-day box office record holder for a film released in September." Natasha Azawa shook her head with a smile, "At the same time, it is also the box office record holder for animated films under Sony Pictures ... Our funding is going to keep this movie going, in fact, it's a bit higher than Spider-Man."

"You have to throw some bones in, Natasha." Jordan Bromley leaned back on the seat and spread his hands, "If you want us to make a nine-figure offer."

"It's not a small bone, Jordan." Natasha Azawa insisted. "You know it's the biggest, tastiest T-Bone."

"Hotel Transylvania 2012", released in 1, had a production cost of 8500 million and a global box office of 3.58 million.The second installment, which was released last year, cost $500 million less to produce, but grossed $4.75 million.

This kind of animated film brand that has established itself in the market and has a group of loyal teenagers and children's audiences is a real cash cow for any film company.

"But you also need to know that we came to this restaurant for the T-bone." Jordan poked his index finger on the table, "We bought the $300 degustation menu and endured the lengthy appetizer session just for the main course Able to eat a 22-ounce T-bone, or a rib eye, or whatever steak you offer."

"We - eat - meat."

Jordan Bromley leaned forward, glanced at Philip Rowley, then at Natasha Azawa.

"No Entrée, no tips. You can't expect us to invest $1 million without any incentives. Give us what we want, or we'll leave, including the filming invitation of "Jumanji" .”

"There will be a main course." Natasha Azawa tilted her head and narrowed her eyes slightly, "However, I have to eat an appetizer."

""Emoji Fantasy Adventure"."

This appetizer is bad enough.

Han Yi touched Renzhong subconsciously to cover up his sigh.

The film, which cost $5000 million to produce, was actually a big gamble for Sony Pictures. In 2011, Apple added Emoji's built-in keyboard to their iOS system, making this set of Japanese expression packs that came out in 1997 popular all over the world. In 2015, Sony Pictures beat Warner Bros. and Paramount to get the right to adapt the Emoji animated film.At this time, four years have passed since the heat of 2011.

What's even more exaggerated is that, as an animated film, the production cycle of "Emoji Fantasy Adventure" is as long as two years.It was originally a topical film that catches up with the latest trends, and its release was delayed until the middle of 2017. Many people worried that the film would be outdated before it was released due to new technological trends.

And why did the production of this animation take so long?
It doesn't matter whether the production team is procrastinating or not. The main reason is that Sony Pictures has no money and can't stop losing money.

The project was established in September 2015 and the production started. The first dubbing actor was signed in July 9, and the next few dubbing stars did not sign the contract until October. The delay of "Emoji Fantasy Adventure" is mostly caused by distressed finances.

Of course, judging by the quality of the film and the reviews it received, it wouldn't be a bad thing to have it delayed.

If you come out one day later, you will save one day of scolding.

Rotten Tomatoes has 134 professional reviews, with only 6% support.Five days into its release, the most widely circulated news about the film was published by Entertainment Weekly reporter Christopher Rosen with the headline "Emoji Loses Its 0% Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Due to One Positive Review" .

The tide of bad reviews caused "Emoji Fantasy Adventure" to lose a large number of potential audiences. Of course, at the same time, it also attracted a group of novelty hunters.The final global box office was fixed at 2.18 million US dollars, which is enough for Sony Pictures to make a small profit for this animation that cost half a billion and was announced and released based on negative reviews.

Sony Pictures in May 2016 didn't know these things, though.The lagging production progress, as well as the poor script and mid-term quality shown so far, have caused the group's confidence in this project to drop sharply.

Now Sony Pictures desperately needs a big boss to help them take over this business.

"Guaranteed 50% of the investment in "Emoji Fantasy Adventure" in exchange for a 3% share in "Hotel Transylvania 20."

"30%: 30%." Jordan Bromley opened his mouth and paid back an outrageous price.

"50%:25%."

"40%:25%."

"Jordan, we insist on a 50% investment quota." Manate Entertainment's lawyers were all stubborn, "Opening up the investment share of "Hotel Transylvania 3" is already a major loss for us."

"If we could do it 50%: 25%..."

Han Yi took over the conversation in a timely manner.

"Then, I can guarantee that "Emoji Fantasy Adventure" can get 2500 million US dollars in production funds. In addition, if you are willing, I can take another 10%-15% of the investment share to help this animation be released as scheduled."

"But I have two requests, two very reasonable requests, that is, if we become the main investor of "Emoji Fantasy Adventure", then..."

"First, I hope we can have a certain say in the specific arrangement of voice actors."

"Second, I know that you still have a project that is seeking financial support. Two or three months ago, you contacted Ma...Jordan, hoping to let them advance the financing. I also want to add this project to the slate deal Come here. Five films, with a total investment of 1.3 million yuan, 30% higher than our previous psychological expectations.”

"Which movie are you talking about, Mr. Han?"

Although he already had the answer in his heart, Philip Rowley chose to ask this question.

Some things can be tacitly stated, but some things are better stated clearly, especially in the negotiation process.

"What I'm talking about is, this one you cooperated with Marvel..."

Han Yi turned to the last few pages of the documents and pointed to the bold bold words at the top.

""venom"."

"I know you need an investor to cover one-third of the production costs."

"And that'll be us."

　We have prepared a map for you!You can take a look!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)