How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 432: Speculation on Chinese Artists’ Remuneration [National Treasure 2]

The next day.

The North American box office of "I Am Legend" is out on its first day.

$3005.9.

This result is quite good in the winter season.

But it may be that the outstanding performance on the first day consumed a lot of the box office potential of "I Am Legend". On Saturday and Sunday, the single-day box office of "I Am Legend" did not hit a new high, but continued to decline. , only reported US$2879.5 million and US$1835.6 million.

But despite this, [I Am Legend] still grossed a total of US$7721 million at the box office in the three days of its first weekend.

According to the rule, the box office in the first week is one-third to one-quarter of the total box office.

Then the total North American box office of "I Am Legend" will be between US$2.3 million and US$3 million.

Even based on the lowest North American box office of US$2.3 million, "I Am Legend" has been successful. Will Smith once again demonstrated his ability to be revered as the King of History.

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at the same time.

The first week of the Mainland release of "The Nomination" has also ended.

With a mainland box office of over RMB 8000 million in five days, Li Lianlian once again proved that his box office appeal cannot be underestimated.

Even if you count the box office of "The Certificate of Approval" which was released simultaneously in Hong Kong.

[Certificate of Entry] The total box office of Mainland China and Xiangjiang in the first week has reached more than 9000 million yuan, almost nearly [-] million yuan.

But the problem is...

Li Lianlian's remuneration for "The Movie" was RMB [-] million, and the entire production cost of "The Movie" was said to be as high as RMB [-] million.

So according to the total box office of mainland movies, only one-third of the box office is the revenue distributed to the producers.

This investment of RMB [-] million requires a box office of at least RMB [-] million to make back the investment.

Of course.

Zhang Nan has a question mark as to whether the actual investment in the [Investment Certificate] is [-] million yuan.

After all, Chen Straw Hat has a way of making movies that don't rely on box office, but on production fees.

Moreover, the salaries given to Kim Sung Oh and Seo Jae Nyeo are a bit unusual.

Among them, Xu Cainv's salary of 200 million yuan is not bad.

Kim Sung Oh's 1200 million yuan salary is a bit insulting to people's intelligence.

At least half of them were received as kickbacks by Chen Straw Hat, which should also have laid a solid foundation for the two's subsequent cooperation in "Martial Arts", with a straw hat worth [-] US dollars.

Because in the mainland movie market at this time, there were only a few movies with a box office of over [-] million yuan, which was simply not enough to support the salary of second-rate artists who only work in the mainland entertainment industry, exceeding [-] million yuan.

Even top artists in the mainland entertainment industry find it difficult to earn more than RMB [-] million, which is not a normal phenomenon.

After all, the market data is there and it won’t change.

The box office revenue of the top mainland Chinese films in 2007 was only [-] million yuan, hovering around [-] million yuan.

So if one-third of the box office revenue goes to the producer, for a movie with a box office of 700 million yuan, the producer can get about [-] million yuan in revenue.

The film and television industry is all about huge profits, so the rate of return is not too high, just double it - this is already very low, because the film and television industry is a very risky industry, and the rule of thumb is that investment is not as good as wasting money, and successful movies can only turn over profits. The income of 2000 times is already very low.Then the production fee of a top mainland Chinese film must be controlled at around 2000 million yuan in shooting costs in order to double the rate of return. That is, investing one yuan to earn two yuan, that is, a cost investment of 6000 million yuan, 2000 yuan With box office revenue of over RMB [-], I still made [-] million after deducting costs.

Therefore, the total production fee is about 2000 million. How much can you get as an actor?
And a great director can’t get less than an actor!

Therefore, in the mainland film and television industry around 2007, it was considered very good for a top actor like Liu Tianwang to receive a salary of 800 million yuan per film.

It's just that the entertainment industry has always been a place where reputation and celebrity status are important. Many times, in order to look good, actors will star in films at half-price to cover their face.

Moreover, Liu Tianwang had received a salary of 700 million yuan in "A World Without Thieves" a few years ago.

In the past few years, two major blockbusters, House of Flying Daggers and Ink Attack, have raised their prices. For a supporting role in The Movie, I was offered a salary of RMB 800 million for a film of RMB 1600 million, which is considered normal.

Adding in Kim Sung-oh's 600 million RMB salary, Xu Cainyu's 200 million RMB salary, and Li Lianlian's 1.24 million RMB salary, this is the production cost of [-] million RMB.

Therefore, it shouldn’t be a problem for the total production cost of [The Title] to exceed RMB [-] million, but it is probably unlikely to reach RMB [-] million.

However, even if the production cost of RMB [-] million is RMB [-] million less than the production fee of RMB [-] million, the investment can be repaid with only RMB [-] million at the box office. If you want to recoup your investment, you must read it. other people's faces.

Because the box office in the Mainland was more than RMB 8000 million in the first week of "Title of Investment". If it wants to reach a box office of RMB [-] million, it needs to be uninterrupted by other films throughout the whole process, and it must cover the entire Lunar New Year slot in the Mainland.

But this is impossible.

And the spoilers have arrived.

Just eight days after the release of No. 12 of "The Letter of Approval", on December 20, Feng Xiaogang led another tentative film after the failure of the costume blockbuster "The Night Banquet" - the war film "Assembly Number".

It gave [Certificate of Investment] a severe blow to the box office curve that was still on the rise.
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12 month 21 day.

Or the Huaguo Grand Theater.

Zhang Nan once again attended the premiere of Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure 2".

"I've given you a cameo a long time ago, but you delayed the release until now. You have to bump into Will Smith. Why, you don't like him?" Zhang Nan joked to Nicolas Cage after walking on the red carpet.

Upon hearing this, Nicolas Cage retorted in a joking tone: "I won't touch him. I will go to the summer vacation to fight with your [Transformers 1]. It's not such a way to seek death. It's better to touch him." "

Listening to Nicolas Cage's complimentary words in his joke, Zhang Nan also continued to joke: "You can be transferred to November to pick up the leaks of [The Golden Compass]!"

"I would like to, but I don't know how to predict. The popularity of [The Golden Compass] at that time was almost as high as that of [The Lord of the Rings]. Who would dare!"

Nicolas Cage retorted angrily to Zhang Nan's suggestion, and then changed the subject, "Zhang, from the way you sound, it sounds like you don't like New Line Cinema's [The Golden Compass]."

"Of course!"

Zhang Nan nodded and admitted that after all, he had a good relationship with Nicolas Cage, and New Line Cinema was currently under his control. “He wanted to cut my salary for [The Lord of the Rings: The Legend of Sauron]. Of course I don’t like the project.”

"Then how about we find an opportunity to get New Line Cinema?" Nicolas Cage suggested. While wanting to vent his anger on his friend Zhang Nan, he was also trying to get a project for himself.

"No need. I've already done it. It would be rude to do it again." Zhang Nan shook his head and refused.

Nicolas Cage asked curiously: "I've already done it, how did you do it?"

"[Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron 2]" Zhang Nan didn't say anything else, but just revealed the name of the project.

Nicolas Cage is not stupid either. He immediately understood what Zhang Nan said.

Zhang Nan probably asked a little more harshly in terms of remuneration.

"It has to be you. Revenge never lasts overnight."

(End of this chapter)