How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 728 Four consecutive kneels during the North American summer vacation

"Then...where is Director Zhou?" Zhang Nan turned to Zhou Xingxing and asked.

Zhou Xingxing pondered for a moment and said: "Director Zhang, I would like to add a little more money to the producer's salary and get 5% of the box office dividend. What do you think?"

Although this "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will not continue to be directed by Zhou Xingxing, he and Zhou Xingxing are not at odds now. When the movie is released, Zhou Xingxing will definitely be asked to come out and stand up.

Moreover, the two important creative staff together only share 10% of the box office dividend, a ratio that Zhang Nan can accept.

"Of course, but I'll ask Old Luke to talk to Director Zhou about the specific amount of additional funds later," Zhang Nan finalized.

Zhou Xingxing also nodded in agreement at this time, and this visit has basically come to an end.

……

In the car outside the set.

Old Monster Xu, who walked out of the set first, waited for Zhou Xingxing for a while.

When Old Monster Xu heard Zhou Xingxing's words, he was both a little worried and a little excited.

It's just that Old Monster Xu, who has experienced a big failure before, is now afraid that this will lead to the "Shushan Legend" situation, so he will really make the same mistake again.

Mid June.

For a time, Summit Pictures, a film and television company second only to the giants in Hollywood, felt a bit shaky due to the failure of successive sequel projects.

Now Wanda Pictures' guaranteed distribution of RMB 1.5 billion has basically fulfilled his goal.

"How's it going? How's the discussion going?" After seeing Zhou Xingxing get on the bus, Mr. Xu was curious to know how much Zhou Xingxing had invested for the 5% share of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

In the North American film market, the summer vacation season is still hot.

Major film projects in the Mainland Film Market continue to shout slogans and promote themselves in preparation for the July schedule.

……

"Director Zhang's agent, Old Luke, said that they have already negotiated with Wanda Pictures, and [Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons] will be released by Wanda Pictures at a guaranteed box office price of 1.5 billion yuan.

But after hearing Zhou Xingxing's answer, Old Monster Xu actually understood something.

"I think we have to discuss the script and shot design carefully when we get back." Zhou Xingxing answered the question.

"The asking price is high?" Old Monster Xu asked.

After the failure of "Divergent 3" in March, Summit Pictures brought "Now You See Me 2" to the big screen.

So the 5% box office dividend gave me a share of RMB 82 million, and then the producer calculated my salary of RMB 2 million and asked me to invest another RMB 80 million. "Zhou Xingxing looked confused.

Because he came to direct "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" with the intention of becoming the next billion-yuan box office director in the Mainland.

But it continued the failure of [Divergent 3] and failed again.

Because Zhou Xingxing still had to discuss with Old Luke how much money to add.

Fortunately, 2th Century Fox put "Independence Day : Resurgence" on the big screen in time, directly benefiting Summit Pictures.

Because this masterpiece, directed by the world-renowned disaster film director Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, also hit the street.

It only took in a box office of 1682.2 million U.S. dollars on the first day, and the box office of the first three days was only 1 million U.S. dollars. You must know that the previous film [Independence Day 5023] had a box office of US$ million in its first week in North America twenty years ago.

In the past twenty years, not to mention how prosperous the global film and television industry has been, there has been a lot of price inflation.

Therefore, 2th Century Fox Pictures directly gave up the post-production promotion of "Independence Day ".

The results of "Independence Day 2" can be said to be a vivid lesson for major Hollywood film and television companies: don't leave a popular IP unused for a long time, otherwise it may become useless.

I don’t say whether other Hollywood film and television companies have learned their lessons. Anyway, Twentieth Century Fox Pictures, the teacher itself, should have learned a lot of lessons.

Because it has increased its urging for James Cameron's [Avatar 2] project.

Three years after another three years, three years after another three years.

From 2009 to now in 2016, it has been more than eight years, almost nine years, and there is still no movement at all about [Avatar 2]. 2th Century Fox Pictures is really afraid of [Avatar 2], and it will Same as [Independence Day ].

That is when 2th Century Fox Pictures gave up the follow-up promotion work for "Independence Day " and invested in urging James Cameron.

Spielberg also made a grand debut with his new work-[Dream Realization Giant].

And then...it hit the street.

It grossed US$708.4 million on the first day, US$626 million on the second day, and US$543 million on the third day.

In its first three days, "The Big Dream" only took in $2 million at the box office, continuing the failure atmosphere of "Alice in Wonderland 2", "Now Now 2", and "Independence Day ".

The superstitious Universal Pictures saw that the situation was not good and directly jumped the schedule of their upcoming "The Bourne Supremacy" from the end of June to mid-July.

I would rather spare the summer vacation time in late June and early July in North America to avoid this wave of kneeling.

After all, this is 2016, and [League of Legends] has reached the Season 6 season. The situation of sitting in an Internet cafe for five consecutive days and not winning a night is considered a common thing in North America.

Due to special circumstances, the North American film market was slow in late June and early July during the summer vacation, but the mainland film and television market started to boom after the imported film period ended in May and June.

Without it.

Domestic films in the Mainland film and television industry have been in this style over the years - they cannot beat Hollywood blockbusters, but they are quite good at cheating their own people out of money, or teaming up with outside monks to cheat their own people out of their money.

For example, December 7th.

"The Bounty Hunter", invested by Hong Kong Martin Films, jointly with Magic City Yixin Pictures and a small Korean film and television company, starring Tang Yan, Zhong Hanliang and Lee Min Ho, has officially landed in mainland theaters.

The box office of 4205.26 million yuan on the first day is not outstanding, but considering several projects with second- and third-tier stars, it is still acceptable.

In the end, the revenue in the first week was 1.17 million yuan, which basically means that the cost has been recovered and a small profit was made.

After all, although this film is said to have an investment of 350 billion won, which is close to million yuan, the actual investment is million yuan, which is not bad.

Without it.

The Korean style is like this, they are particularly good at blowing.

That is to say, a movie like "Bounty Hunter" can earn more than 100 million yuan at the box office in a single week, and other mainland film and television companies that are still waiting on the sidelines cannot sit still.

"To Youth - So You're Still Here", "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li", and "Legend of the Gods" are all scheduled to be released one after another.

(End of this chapter)