Entertainment: God-level director

Chapter 211

“The publisher has not yet been determined. Lin

Ran shook his head and said truthfully

“Lin, if you believe in the strength of our Universal Pictures, you can give us the distribution rights of the film. I guarantee that it will open to more than 1,000 theaters.”

Ronald Meier heard this and said immediately.

Opening in 1,000 halls?

Lin Ran was secretly surprised. Compared with those real blockbusters that often open in 3,500 halls, 1,000 halls does not seem to be much, but this is already a medium-sized production. The treatment of scale.

Before seeing the finished film, he dared to guarantee the opening of 1,000 halls. It is definitely very courageous and will take a lot of risks.

After all, Lin Ran has never proven it in Hollywood. Own

“Ronald, aren’t you afraid that this movie is of poor quality?

You know, this is my first time directing an English-language film, and it’s also a horror film I’ve never made before.”

Lin Ran asked in a joking tone, expressing his doubts.

“Lin, I believe in your strength.”

Ronald Meier smiled and praised without hesitation:”In Hollywood, there is a law that always follows the successful!

Lin, I’ve studied you carefully and from the first movie you directed, you haven’t failed once, which is absolutely a miracle!

Moreover, the box office results of your directing are getting higher and higher. You can get more than 500 million U.S. dollars in box office for two consecutive movies. Even if you get it in a single market, it is enough to prove your ability.”

“Ronald, since you have so much confidence in me, well, the distribution rights of”The Return of the Clown” can be handed over to Universal Pictures.”

After hearing this, Lin Ran agreed.

Of course he was not blown away by Ronald Meier’s rainbow fart, but even if he did not find Universal Pictures as the distributor, he would have to find several other giants.

Fantasy Film Randall Film Company, the predecessor of the industry, although it is also involved in the distribution business, its strength is very weak.

If”The Return of the Clown” is really handed over to its own company for distribution, it is estimated that the opening will only be in the 200 or 300 halls.

If this is the case , don’t even think about the box office of”The Return of the Clown”.

Just like the domestically popular movies, such as”The Wandering Earth” and”Wolf Warrior 2″, why are the box office so poor in Hollywood?

The main reason is that the number of theaters showing it is too low , there are often only a few dozen theaters open, and the highest number is no more than 100.

Even if every show is full, it is impossible to get a high box office.

Many people have questions again, if the attendance rate is high, then why theater chains What if we don’t increase the film schedule?

Are these capitalists fools and don’t make money even if they have money?

The reason is actually very simple. First of all, the distributors that domestic films find are small distributors with almost no influence in the United States, rather than the big six. Such large distributors have very weak distribution capabilities and cannot get films arranged by theaters.

Secondly, the domestic market is too big. Even if it is only the domestic market, they can still make a lot of money, so they almost never spend money to go to the United States. Publicity, because the risk is too great.

Finally, the current domestic blockbusters are indeed not very competitive in the United States, let alone patriotic movies such as”Wolf Warrior 2″, even”The Wandering Earth” This kind of science fiction film is only at a medium level.

Americans can be said to be the most arrogant and xenophobic audiences in the world. They are used to watching top-notch Hollywood blockbusters and have little interest in films from other countries.

In this case Under this situation, theaters will hardly take the risk of arranging more films, and naturally they will not be able to get high box office. This is not only true for Chinese films, but also for films from other countries.

Otherwise,”Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, which only had a box office of 128 million, would not be able to achieve high box office results. The United States will no longer be the number one foreign-language film at the box office.

If you want to get high box office in the United States, you must find the Big Six distributors. Only they have the ability to get a movie scheduled to more than 3,000 theaters after its opening. This is also The six most important reasons why they can monopolize Hollywood!

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Therefore, for the distribution of”The Return of the Clown”, even if it does not find Universal Pictures, it must find several other giants as the main distributor.

Now that Ronald Meier has come forward in person, Lin Ran was also willing to give a verbal promise. As for the specific terms, it would be up to the staff of the two companies to negotiate in detail.

“Hahaha, then we have a happy cooperation, cheers!”

Seeing Lin Ran nodding, Ronald Meier smiled with a smile on his face and shook the wine glass in his hand.

In fact, he was not very optimistic about”The Return of the Clown”. Now he has given the film schedule for the opening of 1,000 halls. It is completely It is to tie Lin Ran to the Universal Pictures chariot.

As Joe Jashini said, although”The Great Wall” suffered a huge loss, Universal Pictures is still very optimistic about the prospects of Sino-US co-productions.

There is no way, the Chinese market It’s so big that it is now the second largest box office and will become the world’s largest box office in a few years.

Moreover, the box office split for Sino-US co-productions is based on the box office of local Chinese films, not foreign language films. The account sharing model.

It can be said that the benefits are huge!

When it comes to making Sino-US co-productions, which Chinese director is the most suitable candidate?

There is no doubt that it must be Lin Ran!

When reviewing the failure of”The Great Wall”, Ronald – Meier had imagined that if Lin Ran was allowed to lead this project, it might not be a huge annual loss, but a huge profit based solely on the Chinese market, not to mention the international market. Even if the project”Return of the Clown” does not make money , you may even lose money, and you can double your profits through other projects in the future.

This is the reason why Ronald Meier is so enthusiastic about Lin Ran and directly guarantees that”The Return of the Clown” will open to 1,000 galleries.

Although Lin Ran did not expect This level, but he was also happy to see it, and he clinked his glass with him with a smile.

“Lin, I will take you to chat with Leonardo, Matt and others. Maybe you will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.”

After chatting with Lin Ran alone for a few more words, Ronald Meier said with a smile.

This guy was already thinking about whether there was a suitable project for Lin Ran to cooperate with them.

“OK.”

Lin Ran readily accepted.

Seeing that Ronald Meyer not only talked to Lin Ran alone for a long time, but also continued to lead him into the circles of Leonardo, Matt Damon and others after the conversation, others couldn’t help but Pay more attention to Lin Ran.

Even Li Zi and Matt became more enthusiastic!

After chatting for a while, Lin Ran separated from them. At this time, someone immediately took the initiative to make friends.

However, Elle Fanning was She got there first.

She came to Lin Ran with a glass of red wine and asked curiously:”Lin, do you have a good relationship with Mr. Meyer?”

“No, actually, I met Ronald for the first time today. Lin

Ran smiled and shook his head.

“real?”

Elle Fanning had disbelief written all over her face.

Also, if they only met for the first time today, why are the two of them so close as if they were old friends?

“real.”Lin Ran nodded affirmatively.

“So why does he value you so much?”

When Elle Fanning saw that Lin Ran didn’t look like he was lying, her little face became even more confused.

“Because I’m handsome. Lin

Ran laughed and made a little joke.