How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 448: Trading fame for profit [Raiders of the Lost Ark 4]

"Isn't that outrageous?"

Spielberg was a little confused, "Zhang, not to mention anything else, just the fixed salary of 4 million U.S. dollars... When you filmed [Jurassic World 1], your asking price was only 2.2 million U.S. dollars. It’s almost doubled!”

Zhang Nan nodded when he heard this and said: "It's almost doubled, but it's worth the money. The box office of [Armageddon 2] is now 32 billion US dollars, and it's about to hit 33 billion. It's almost the same as [Jurassic World 1]" The box office has doubled, so my fixed salary will be doubled, it’s not too much!”

Spielberg was speechless.

Because according to what Zhang Nan said, it's really not too much.

"But, you get 50.00% of the box office share and 60.00% of the peripheral income..."

Compared with the fixed remuneration, Spielberg is more concerned about Zhang Nan's share of the remuneration.

Because the total box office of a movie is only that much, for blockbusters like the [Jurassic World] series, the theater chain can squeeze at least 30.00% of the total.

What can be divided among the producers, top directors and top actors is the remaining 70.00%.

Zhang Nan said it was 50.00%, so the remaining 20.00% was divided between the producer, Universal Pictures, and him, the director.

How is this divided?
If Spielberg could outdo the Hollywood giants, DreamWorks Pictures wouldn't be acquired.

So if Zhang Nan took too much in [Jurassic World 2], he would definitely take less.

"Steven, I'm not talking about this randomly. I won't talk about my next project.

For the [Pirates of the Caribbean 3] project, I asked Disney for a fixed salary of US$3.5 million, plus 40.00% of the total box office dividend, and 60.00% of peripheral income;
For the project [The Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron 2], New Line Cinema gave me a fixed salary of US$3.8 million, plus 50.00% of the total box office dividend, and 60.00% of peripheral income.

I and Universal Pictures only asked for [-]% more peripheral income. Do I want more? "Zhang Nan began to give examples.

Spielberg: "..."

I don’t really want much for this, but...

With this thought in mind, Spielberg was speechless.

When Zhang Nan saw that Spielberg was so concerned about his salary, he asked angrily: "Steven, you are the director in [Jurassic World]. It is Universal's responsibility to worry about my salary. What are you doing?" ?”

"I'm just talking about this series for retirement. If you ask such a high price, what should I do if the project can't be filmed?" Spielberg made an excuse.

In fact, the real reason is that Spielberg knows very well that the movie he just filmed, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", is just for making money, and its reputation will definitely explode.

If he doesn't quickly work on a big and good project to clean up his reputation, it can't be said that he can't survive in Hollywood. That's not the case. After all, his heritage over the years is still there, but he will have to keep a low profile for at least a few years before he can make a comeback.

"Anyway, I don't care. I can't even finish the project on hand."

Then Zhang Nan started to count with his fingers to Spielberg: "Disney's [Pirates of the Caribbean] series, New Line Cinema's [Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron] series, and during the summer vacation there is also Warner Pictures' [Haha" series] Lippert-Voldemort 1] is about to be released, and once it’s finished, it will be another series.

Then there’s Paramount’s [Transformers] series, my own [Armageddon] series…

Steven, if Universal is really holding off on filming [Jurassic World 2], why don't you come over and help me film something else, so that you can support yourself in old age. "

Spielberg's scalp felt a little numb after hearing this. He felt that the item on Zhang Nan's body was a bit red, purple and black.

Because there are so many projects that either have more than one billion or more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in box office, or they have the potential to exceed one billion U.S. dollars.

"I'll try to talk to Universal Pictures first!"

Spielberg did not refuse, but slowly said this sentence first, because he still hopes to direct the [Jurassic] IP with which he has a stronger relationship.

……

At the subsequent premiere of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Zhang Nan had no communication with Spielberg.

On the contrary, it was Paramount Pictures, the producer of [Raiders of the Lost Ark 4], and people kept taking advantage of the premiere to talk to Zhang Nan about [Transformers 2], but Zhang Nan pushed them away perfunctorily.Without it.

too busy.

The [Harry Potter-Voldemort] series will be released in the summer vacation.

"Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" will be filmed after the middle of the year.

There is also a [Jurassic World 2] waiting in line, and he is really overwhelmed.

Then the premiere of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was so perfunctorily pushed away by Zhang Nan.

The next day.

The box office of [Raiders of the Lost Ark 4] is out.

Don't say it yet.

Spielberg, who has enjoyed great prestige for many years, has not achieved box office results in line with expectations despite successively launching new projects such as "Artificial Intelligence", "Minority Report" and "War of the Worlds" over the years.

But when it comes to stir-frying and selling sentiments, the audience connection accumulated over the years is still very strong.

[Raiders of the Lost Ark] directly took on the offensive of [Iron Man] in the fourth week on its first day, earning a box office of US$4 million in North America alone.

Although it seems to be worse than [Iron Man]’s first-day North American box office performance of US$3870 million.

But you must know that the first day of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is a Thursday, not a three-day weekend. It is quite good to have this box office.

Then in the three days of the weekend, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" used actual actions to prove that Spielberg is also a good player.

The box office on Friday was US$3057.1 million.

The box office on Saturday was US$3653.3 million.

The box office on Sunday was US$3303.2 million.

During the three days of its first weekend, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was astonishingly stable, earning more than 4 million US dollars in box office every day in North America.

Accumulated over the first four days, the single-week box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" has reached US$4 million.

This is nearly 1.02 million US dollars more than the US$2000 million of [Iron Man].

This is not a big deal.

Because not only the box office momentum in North America, but also the box office corpses in major overseas movie theaters, the performance of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is also much stronger than that of "Iron Man".

Basically, it is 30.00% higher than the box office performance of [Iron Man].

Don't think it's less, it's already a lot.

Because the performance of "Iron Man" in the global movie market is not bad, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the best of the best.

Of course.

Not everything has only advantages and no disadvantages.

Fried rice~
If someone really has the ability to cook good rice, who would fry the cold rice overnight?

The reputation of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is also in a state of collapse. Spielberg is exchanging fame for profit this time.

(End of this chapter)