How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 455 Personal annual box office total - 42 billion US dollars

Tosh Kramer gestured to Spielberg from a distance: "Twenty million dollars."

Spielberg on the other side of the phone licked his lips, feeling a little regretful.

Why didn't my younger self come up with the idea of ​​a box office betting agreement and use it to make big money?
At that time, he definitely had the confidence and ability to complete the box office betting agreement.

but now……

"I'll think about it again," Spielberg replied to Tosh Kramer, the president of Universal Pictures, on the phone.

This price is indeed a bit close to Spielberg's bottom line, and now that Universal Pictures is calling him, Spielberg has the confidence to say this.

……

August has passed in the blink of an eye, and the North American summer vacation is over.

[Harry Potter - Voldemort] As expected, it swept the entire North American summer vacation in August, the last month of the summer season.

The current North American box office is 4.2 million US dollars. It is estimated that it will be difficult to break the 5 million US dollars box office threshold, but it is not difficult to step into the 4.5 million US dollars box office.

The global box office of [Harry Potter and Voldemort] has reached 9.87 million US dollars.

It will definitely not be a problem to reach the threshold of one billion US dollars in global box office and complete the gambling agreement between Zhang Nan and Warner Pictures.

However, the box office of [Harry Potter and Voldemort] is at most US$11 billion worldwide, which is even higher than the box office.

And if calculated based on the box office of 11 billion US dollars.

The theater chain took away 3.3% of the US$6.5 million in box office dividends, and Zhang Nan received US$1.2 million in full fixed salary. What fell into the hands of Warner Pictures was only US$[-] million in box office dividends, even excluding Zhang Nan's salary. The production fees for subsequent films were somewhat lower.

Just looking at the movie box office, Warner Pictures spent US$8 million on the Harry Potter-Voldemort spin-off, which is definitely a loss.

But the reason why North American movies are doing better than those in the Mainland is that the income from movie copyrights and peripherals is quite guaranteed.

For a movie with a box office of 11 billion US dollars, the peripheral income is almost a billion US dollars, and these are the bulk of Warner Pictures' income.

Therefore, Warner Pictures has made at least one billion US dollars in profits with this wave of [Harry Potter-Voldemort] projects.

Not to mention that in terms of the company's stock price, [Harry Potter-Voldemort] has boosted Warner Pictures, and there are hundreds of millions of profits hidden in it.

Of course, the profits in this area will not be exposed, but will be hidden under the water.

So on the surface, Zhang Nan has become the biggest beneficiary of the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] project.

Then Zhang Nan, who was already fiery, became even more fiery.

Then someone learned from somewhere that Zhang Nan would no longer have new films released this year, so they began to calculate Zhang Nan's annual box office revenue in advance.

If you don’t count, you don’t know. Once you count, you will be shocked.

Zhang Nan's annual box office revenue last year was already impressive. He participated in about 50 billion U.S. dollars of movie box office, accounting for [-]% of the global annual cumulative box office.

Among them, the annual box office of movies starring Zhang Nan has reached about 14 billion US dollars, and the annual box office of movies in which Zhang Nan has guest starred has accumulated to about 36 billion US dollars.

But this year, Zhang Nan has not guest-starred in any movies, but has only starred in two movies. It is only September, and the cumulative movie box office has already reached 42 billion US dollars.

It seems that the box office is less than 50 billion US dollars last year, which is less than [-] billion US dollars.

But...this year's 42 billion US dollars are all the cumulative box office of Zhang Nan's starring role. If it is compared to last year's 50 billion US dollars, the effect is much stronger.

a time.

Even if Zhang Nan is hiding in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" filming, she can't stand the paparazzi in Hollywood who are crazy about interviewing and taking photos.Fortunately, the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" will only stay in North America for a month, which is almost over now. The remaining time will be spent filming at Longbow Studios in the Mainland.

This is what Zhang Nan had said before.

By then, half of the earth will be left alone, and as time passes by the heat, things will gradually get better.

……

If Zhang Nan is wildly sought after in the North American entertainment industry.

Well, Wu Baige was wildly abused in the mainland entertainment industry.

no way.

"Red Cliff", which was released in the Mainland Film Market in July, was highly anticipated before its release, but now it has become a movie that is despised by everyone.

However, despite its bad reputation, [Red Cliff] also made a lot of money at the box office.

At present, "Red Cliff" has taken away more than 2 million yuan and nearly [-] million yuan in box office in the mainland film market.

For other movies, this is a lot, but for an investment of 6.8 million yuan, it is a drop in the bucket.

Although there is still "Red Cliff" which has not been released yet.

But based on the reputation of "Red Cliff Upper", everyone can see that it is quite difficult to create miracles in "Red Cliff Lower".

Huaying has been defrauded of a lot of money by Wu Baige this time. When the income is calculated at the end of the year, there will definitely be a big hole in the accounts.

Wu Baige has been blacklisted by Huaying and will not receive such strong support from Huaying in the future.

Of course.

Although the hole is not small, Han Sanpin's hard work in Huaying over the years can still be used to make up for this year's debt, but next year it will not be hidden.

After all, you can piece together accounts here and there for a while, and you can tear down one wall to make up for the other.

But numbers are hard to deceive.

So when Zhang Nan brought the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" back to Longbow Studios in the Mainland, he heard rumors within a few days that Han Sanpin was going to work on the project himself.

Then a few days later, Han Sanpin came directly to the door with someone.

……

"Director Zhang, you really have to help me this time. You know the reason why I started this [Red Cliff] project in the first place. It was just to plug the [Lust, Caution] hole, but now..."

Han Sanpin spread his hands with a sad look on his face and continued: "The blockage is getting bigger and bigger. I really have no choice."

Zhang Nan had just finished filming the scenes planned for "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in one day and had just taken off his makeup. Hearing Han Sanpin's words, the corners of his mouth twitched.

It cannot be said that Han Sanpin’s statement is wrong. The birth of the [Red Cliff] project was indeed influenced by Li An’s [Lust and Caution] project.

But there is not only the influence of [Lust and Caution], but also Han Sanpin's desire to make some big moves.

and so……

Listening to Han Sanpin's words asking him to help, coupled with the previous rumors that Han Sanpin would personally take action, Zhang Nan thought of a movie that will be released next year - "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

(End of this chapter)