How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 556: Get involved in [Batman 3] and earn a small amount of agency fees

Regarding Zhang Nan's proposal to set the schedule of [006] in May, MGM Pictures agreed readily, which made Zhang Nan a little stunned.

But then I thought about it and it made sense.

After all, [The Hunger Games]’s first-day box office performance was here, and his vision has just been proven.

And regarding the fact that [007: Skyfall] will be released on the Christmas holiday, it is estimated that MGM will not be unaware of it.

It would be unwise to put two movies of the same type together to compete.

Then Zhang Nan is going to talk to Warner Pictures about [Voldemort 2]. After all, [Harry Potter 8] was already last year.

We are now preparing for [Voldemort 2], and when it is released next year, we can maximize the popularity of fans.

But the people at Warner didn't wait, but they waited for Christopher Nolan.

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"So--Warner Pictures wanted you to do another [Batman] trilogy, but you strongly expressed your unwillingness, and then they made some small moves in terms of funding for [Batman 3]? As a result? Do you want to bring in another investor for [Batman 3] to check and balance Warner?" Zhang Nan concluded after listening to Christopher Nolan's narration.

Christopher Nolan nodded.

Zhang Nan was still a little surprised when he saw this.

Because in the original time and space, the conflict between Christopher Nolan and Warner Pictures only broke out when [Interstellar] was released.

As a result, the [Interstellar] project has investment from Paramount Pictures, and it is the largest investment share surpassing Warner Pictures.

After all, Warner Pictures is not very optimistic about "Interstellar", which seems to be a relatively hard science fiction, so naturally they are happy to let it go.

But the current project is [Batman 3]!

"That's not true! [Batman 3] is Warner's own project, so how can they develop it themselves?" Zhang Nan asked in disbelief.

Christopher Nolan explained after hearing this: "It can't be regarded as doing it on my own, it's just some annoying little tricks. Mainly because I want to push the boat along and introduce another party to invest."

"This is not easy to handle. After all, the copyright of the [Batman] series is still in the hands of Warner Pictures. I suggest that you should make more plans for the next project. At that time, with your influence, you can give your new film more To attract an investor, and with this dirty thing now, even Warner Pictures can't refuse. If you can't find an investor then, you can come to me and I will definitely invest money." Zhang Nan gave Christopher No. Lan's very sincere advice and commitment.

Christopher Nolan nodded and continued: "Zhang, I understand your kindness. I also know that it is difficult to introduce investors to [Batman 3]. I didn't think about how big it would be this time. The main purpose is to To pave the way for investment in the next project, so..."

Christopher Nolan revealed his entire plan.

He wanted to let Zhang Nan guest star in "Batman 3", and then secretly used Zhang Nan's high guest price - a fixed salary of 1500 million US dollars per minute and % of box office dividends and peripheral income - as the price. Zhang Nan's salary contract was sold to Paramount.

Of course.

Zhang Nan's benefits are definitely indispensable here.

For example, Paramount Pictures is willing to pay $4000 million for Zhang Nan's guest role in "Batman 3".

This price represents a premium of more than 10 million U.S. dollars. Paramount is using Nolan's money to buy horse bones.

And the 3 million US dollars in profits that he got for nothing, including the guest appearance in "Batman ", also maintained the record of his presence in movies that have exceeded billion US dollars in global box office.

Zhang Nan was moved.

"Zhang, it doesn't seem out of the blue that you are joining now, because during this period I had some unpleasantness with Warner Pictures. Some media also found out, and it had an impact on [Batman 3]. Warner Pictures is expecting positive news. , can be diluted or suppressed.

So it is absolutely reasonable for me to ask you to make a cameo in [Batman 3]. As for the share of the guest fee that was later transferred to [Batman 3], you can definitely say that it was pushed to Paramount Pictures and spent a lot of money. It was done just for the sake of money, and it will not affect the situation you have just eased with Warner Pictures. "Christopher Nolan continued to persuade, and indeed considered Zhang Nan very comprehensively in operation.

But this also shows that this wave of Warner Pictures' operations on the [Batman] series has really pissed off this guy.     "This... is so embarrassing."

As Zhang Nan said this, he shook hands with Christopher Nolan tightly.

Christopher Nolan: "..." Are you so embarrassed? He held his hand so quickly and tightly, as if he was afraid of missing an opportunity.
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Zhang Nan confirmed her intention with Christopher Nolan in the morning.

In the afternoon, the person in charge of the [Batman 3] crew from Warner Pictures came to Zhang Nan with a contract.

the next day.

Zhang Nan went around the set of [Batman 3] and took a few shots.

Not seeing Brother Kansai made Zhang Nan feel a little sad.

Yes.

Brother Kansai also made an appearance in Nolan's [Batman] movie series, but that was in 2008's [Batman 2], playing a small supporting role.

Then Brother Kansai stumbled, and naturally he couldn't join the film and television industry anymore, otherwise he would have to show up in "Batman 3".

But a little bit of sadness disappeared after Zhang Nan handed the cameo salary contract to the person in charge of Paramount Pictures and received a check for 40 million US dollars.

then……

After Warner Pictures was unaware of the manipulation between Christopher Nolan and Paramount Pictures, it followed Christopher Nolan's thoughts and tried to use the news of Zhang Nan's guest appearance in "Batman 3" to eliminate some of the previous negative effects. .

But the effect~

A little less than ideal.

Because [The Hunger Games] was such a hit at the box office, the popularity was sucked away.

6726.3 million US dollars on the first day.

The next day was US$5039.4 million, and the third day was US$3487.7 million.

In its first three days, "The Hunger Games" grossed US$1.52 million at the box office in North America.

This is not finished.

The box office of "The Hunger Games" the following week, although like many fan-favorite movies adapted from novels, suffered a sharp decline.

Compared with the box office on Sunday last week, Monday's box office dropped from a single-day box office of more than 30 million US dollars to just over 10 million US dollars.

But Tuesday's box office continued to hold steady at the single-day box office of tens of millions of dollars.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the box office was still stable at about 8 million US dollars in a single day.

When the time came to the three days of the weekend the following week, "The Hunger Games" once again grossed 5800 million US dollars at the box office.

The first-week box office is higher than that of ordinary movies.

The cumulative box office the next week exceeded 100 million again.

In two weeks and ten days, the box office revenue accumulated in North America was close to 300 million US dollars.

Everyone knows that [The Hunger Games] was not a success, nor a big hit, but a smash hit.

(End of this chapter)