Chatty Hollywood

Putting down the heart of the sea, which had sealed the undead, and collecting the rewards from the crew, Charlotte left as Patrick Jane.

He is not worried that the people on the "Titanic" crew will hack the new "Heart of the Sea".

You know, this gem that belongs to him already belongs to him. In fact, when he used it to seal the undead, he also added some spells in it.

If necessary, he can rely on the undead sealed in the gems to sneak the gems to his hand.

Now, he has put "Heart of the Sea" on the crew of "Titanic". The essential purpose is that he still hopes that this gem will show up in the movie several times.

In this way, when "Titanic" is released in the future, he can use this gem to attract its accumulated magic power.

"As the top three movies in the global box office in film history, even if "Titanic" is not a horror movie, chances are it can provide me with a lot of magic!"

Charlotte wondered.

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Of course, no matter how much magic power "Titanic" can provide, it will be a future thing after all.

Now, it is the Sixth Sense that provides Charlotte with the most magic power.

During Charlotte and Charlize’s vacation, this peculiar horror movie was finally released. Before the release, the North American box office eventually grew to 350 million US dollars.

This is a pretty good result.

Even if "Independence Day" was released in July, the box office revenue is very strong, but from the current point of view, after all, there may still be a box office gap of $10 to 20 million with "Sixth Sense".

"congratulations!"

After Charlotte returned from vacation, he ran into Barry Mendel who came to congratulate him.

"If there are no more perverted movies in the last four months of this year, then maybe you can win another North American annual box office champion!"

"I hope so!"

Charlotte smiled.

"Speaking of which, how is the box office situation in other countries' markets?"

"It's also very good!"

As the person responsible for "Sixth Sense" on Warner's side, Barry Mendel obviously got a lot of benefits from the hot screening of "Sixth Sense". He smiled all over,

"The box office in other countries around the world is also good. Although some markets cannot be released due to policy reasons, overall, it is still very good. I think it should not be a problem at least to reach the North American box office."

"In other words, the global box office can reach at least 700 million U.S. dollars?"

Charlotte smashed her mouth.

"If it can be higher, it would be 800 million."

"That is beyond our control."

Barry Mendel sighed.

"Hope God bless you! Actually, I came to you this time mainly for another question."

""Constantine"!?"

Charlotte asked.

"Yes."

Barry Mendel nodded.

"After consultations within our company, we agree in principle to your plan for adapting "Constantine", and the power you need can also be met..."

"but?"

Charlotte asked directly,

"This kind of thing, there must be corresponding conditions, there can be no "but", right?"

"You are right! But—"

Barry Mendel deliberately paused with an accent before continuing.

"The adaptation of "Constantine" was not included in Warner's 1996 or 1997 budget. Our plans by the beginning of 1998 were all full, so --"

"You can't provide enough production costs?"

Whenever he heard the word "budget", Charlotte probably guessed what was going on.

"Is there no production cost to provide, or is there a big gap?"

"the latter."

In the face of the Mingren not talking secretly, now that it has been determined that Charlotte will adapt the comic "Constantin", Barry Mendel will no longer conceal the specific situation.

"For "Constantine" to be adapted, it needs a lot of special effects shots. We don't expect the total budget to be too small, at least 60 to 70 million U.S. dollars. At present, Warner can allocate up to 20 million U.S. dollars... "

"The gap is indeed not small."

Charlotte nodded.

"But I can think of ways to raise the latter part, but correspondingly, I hope to get a part of the copyright of the adapted film."

"this……"

Barry Mendel suddenly became troubled.

It should be said that it is not uncommon for a Hollywood production company and a certain star or director to jointly hold the copyright of a certain movie series.

Among other things, the film copyright of the "Mission Impossible" series is jointly held by Tom Cruise and Paramount.

Even Brother Atang still accounted for the bulk.

This led to the "Mission Impossible" series of income, most of which will be paid into Tom Cruise's pocket, even for Paramount, it can only eat leftovers.

To a certain extent, it was also the reason for the conflict between Tom Cruise and Paramount.

However, when it comes to Constantine, there is no such problem.

Charlotte did not claim the bulk of copyright, so Warner shouldn’t worry too much.

However, this is ultimately the copyright of the movie, and it is one of the most important things for all Hollywood companies.

After all, the copyright of a good movie is like a cash cow!

"I need to return to the company to find someone to negotiate before I can give you a final answer."

Barry Mendel was not authorized enough, and finally had to go back again to ask for instructions.

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Fortunately, the waiting time this time was not too long.

Two days later, Barry Mendel brought a reply from Warner——

"It can give you up to 20% of the copyright, and does not involve the income of comics and movies."

"If peripheral revenue is not involved, then what do I want copyright for? It's better to just ask for a share of box office revenue."

Charlotte sneered at Barry Mendel's words.

However, he also knows that this is a wild asking price, paying back on the spot. Therefore, he did not turn his face directly, but continued to make his own request~www.readwn.com~I can ignore the comics, but other peripherals involved in the film, including toys and video tape income, must comply with this ratio. "

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After a while, Charlotte and Barry Mendel finally reached an agreement.

Charlotte will serve as the producer and director of "Constantine" and will be responsible for raising Warner's insufficient funds for filming.

As compensation, Charlotte will receive 24% of the copyright revenue of the movie, including various peripherals, but not comics.

——Because DC Comics' "Constantine" has been serialized for a long time, its revenue should not be included in the periphery of the movie.

The prerequisite for all this is that Charlotte must complete all the film production work before October 1997.

Warner hopes that the film can be released before the end of 1997.