How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 469 [Pirates of the Caribbean 3] 1.47 billion in the first week

3324 million, 4291 million, 3770.1 million, 3412.1 million.

The first four days.

[Pirates of the Caribbean 3] grossed US$1.47 million at the box office in North America.

Such results made the executives at Disney Studios let out a sigh of relief.

Because of the first-week box office results like [Pirates of the Caribbean 3], the success of the movie has basically been determined.

Of course.

Everything has two sides.

Executives at Disney Pictures are breathing a sigh of relief. At the same time, investors of many blockbusters released in May are about to take a deep breath.

Without it.

The North American movie market only has such a large share. If "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" takes one more bite, other movies will naturally have one less bite.

What's more important is that "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" not only took one more bite, but basically ate up nearly one-third of the box office that other films could get through subsequent long-term screenings.

"If there are any Zhang Nan movies in the future, we have to stay away! Otherwise, this guy will lose a third of the box office. Who can withstand this?"

Many senior executives of film and television companies have expressed such sentiments.

But when such sentiments reached the ears of the staff who arranged the release, everyone looked a little ugly.

Because there are only so many schedules in a year, and Zhang Nan's blockbuster production has been relatively high in recent years, basically stable at two movies a year.

The summer vacation season has been postponed to the Christmas season. How to postpone the Christmas season?

Will it be postponed to next year’s summer vacation?

But Zhang Nan will also have a blockbuster film next summer in Ta Ma!

It doesn't make sense at all.

……

Paramount Pictures Headquarters Building.

In fact, when the filming of "Jurassic World 2" was completed, Paramount Pictures came to visit and wanted to discuss matters with Zhang Nan about "Transformers 2".

But the follow-up [Pirates of the Caribbean 3] will be released soon.

Therefore, discussions on matters related to the [Transformers 2] project have been relatively slow. Only now can we officially complete the preliminary exchanges and enter into substantive conditional negotiations.

"Dick (President of Paramount), regarding the [Transformers] project, my opinion is still the same as before. The mainland market needs to be paid attention to and more investment must be made." Zhang Nan browsed through Paramount Pictures. The [Transformers 2] project book he wrote slowly opened his mouth.

Paramount Pictures President Dick Frank nodded slightly after hearing what Zhang Nan said.

There is no fool who can become the president of a Hollywood giant.

It’s impossible not to miss the fact that [Transformers 1] has earned more than 1.8 billion yuan and nearly [-] million U.S. dollars at the box office in the mainland.

It can't be seen either.

Because for a movie to achieve this result in a single movie market in the Mainland, even if it can reach a box office of US$1.8 million in global screenings, it is already quite good.And what Dick Frank knows better is that the US$1 million box office of "Transformers 1.8" in the mainland is not the limit of the mainland movie market.

He is also clear about the various situations in which "Transformers 1" was postponed for only two days in the mainland and was canceled even though the box office remained high in a single day.

According to Dick Frank's own calculations, if the mainland movie market could have allowed "Transformers 1" to be released directly, its box office potential would be fully unleashed.

[Transformers 1]'s box office exceeding [-] million U.S. dollars in the mainland movie market is definitely not a problem, and even [-] million U.S. dollars can be considered.

That was before!

Now that some time has passed and the mainland's economy has developed for a period of time, the market share of the film market will obviously increase.

If [Transformers 2] can make up for the regret that [Transformers 1] could not fully unleash its box office potential.

Then there is a high probability that the box office of [Transformers 2] in the Mainland will reach 20 million US dollars (more than [-] billion yuan).

This can be compared with the North American movie market.

But Dick Frank also knows that if he wants to make up for the regrets of "Transformers 1", he can't just think about it. He has to further develop the "Transformers 2" project in the direction of mainland co-productions.

In other words, at least [-]% of the investment share must be given up.

This ratio makes Dick Frank feel heartbroken, but fortunately, Dick Frank knows that it is worthwhile to give up this part of the profit in order to make the overall cake bigger.

"It's natural. I've already asked people to talk to China Film Company in the Mainland. Basically there won't be any problems. The key thing is... Zhang, can your salary be kept as it is?"

Dick Frank was a little hesitant. He did not dare to express his intention to lower the price to Zhang Nan. He just wanted Zhang Nan to maintain the original fixed salary of 40.00 million U.S. dollars, plus 50.00% of the total box office dividend and [-]% of peripheral income. Revenue sharing.

"Okay, but if you ask like this, I will no longer be the director of [Transformers 2] this time." Zhang Nan replied.

When they heard Zhang Nan's answer, everyone in Dick Frank was stunned.

He did not expect that Zhang Nan would actually agree to his request, because Zhang Nan had never failed to increase the price in the past!
As for Zhang Nanshe's decision to direct "Transformers 2", Dick Frank thinks it's okay.

It’s not that Zhang Nan’s directorial abilities are not good, but series such as [Harry Potter-Voldemort], [Lord of the Rings-The Legend of Sauron], [Pirates of the Caribbean], etc. were not directed by Zhang Nan, but they all performed well at the box office.

Dick Frank feels that since the director is not Zhang Nan, it will have little impact on the box office of the "Transformers" series, but if it can save a salary of nearly [-] million U.S. dollars and a large proportion of the share, it will be a big profit.

"That's no problem, let's sign the contract now!" Dick Frank suggested impatiently.

Zhang Nan waved his hand, "There's no rush, we have to negotiate with Huaying before we sign the contract completely. Let's sign a contract of intent first!"

"Okay... okay!" Seeing Zhang Nan's firm attitude, Dick Frank didn't force it. He knew that he just wanted something good. Zhang Nan couldn't be so talkative all of a sudden, but he had an intention to sign a contract. When the contract was officially signed, At least we can discuss the price again.

But when the contract was announced, Dick Frank was confused when he saw the figures regarding Zhang Nan's salary.

"Why is it four hundred million US dollars plus 50.00% box office dividend and 60.00% peripheral income share? Shouldn't it remain the same?" Dick Frank pointed to this column.

Old Luke, who had been silent all the time, jumped out and explained: "It's the status quo. Zhang's current salary is this price. If you don't believe it, you can check with Universal Pictures. Zhang is in [Jurassic] Is the salary in World 2 such a condition?"

Dick Frank: "..."

When I talk about maintaining the status quo, do I mean maintaining the status quo?

(End of this chapter)