Hollywood New Century

7.7, Disney's summer fantasy masterpiece "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls" will be released worldwide.

2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" made Disney big, and the pirate theme has not been developed by a studio since the fiasco of "Cutthroat Island" in 1995.

The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has made Disneyland's pirate ship tourism project hot.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Gathering Souls" opened in 4,133 theaters in North America, and its first weekend results reached $135 million!

"The Devil Wears Prada" grossed $15 million at the box office the next weekend, but there was an Independence Day holiday in the middle, and the cumulative box office was $6,310 in 10 days of release!

"Superman Returns" grossed $21.8 million in its second weekend and accumulated $140 million at the North American box office in its 12-day release.

Facing the investment of more than 200 million US dollars "Superman Returns" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Soul".

The investment of "The Queen Wears Prada" is only 35 million US dollars, and the North American box office over 100 million is already a certainty!

In Century City, Los Angeles, in the office of 20th Century Fox president Tom Rothman, Simon Pike chats with him about current movies.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering of Souls is doing very well, and there is almost no room for box office harvest," Simon Pike is indeed envious.

"Simon, "The Devil Wears Prada" can only be regarded as a medium-low-cost movie. It is already very good to be able to achieve this result under the attack of two films with an investment of more than 200 million US dollars!" Tom Rothman is very gratified. The movie was a huge success.

Tom Rothman finished speaking, took a sip of coffee, and said with a smile: "No Country for Old Men, which is currently being filmed by Xinghai Pictures, and "300 Spartans" that are currently being prepared can be handed over to 20th Century Fox for distribution. We charge 12% for issuance commission!”

Simon's face did not change, he looked at Tom Rothman, and responded: "Mr. Rothman, in terms of the current box office of the movies produced by Xinghai Pictures, I believe that other distributors are willing to give a suitable distribution commission!"

"Simon, the 8% distribution commission is bound to the distribution contract. If Xinghai Films signs a three-year film distribution contract with us, and 20th Century Fox has the option to invest in the Xinghai Films project, we are also willing to give it to us. Your 8% distribution contract!" Tom Rothman said unhurriedly.

Co-production, distribution and signature are all very useful for expanding the market. Xinghai Pictures has proven its production capabilities. Twentieth Century Fox is indeed a big six!

Simon shook his head and stated his thoughts firmly: "The future films of Xinghai Films will be calculated according to the investment cost, the distribution commission will be 12% if the investment is less than 30 million US dollars, and the investment will be 10% if the investment is more than 30 million US dollars. !"

"Mr. Rothman, I'm not a director or an actor, I know very well that as a film production company like Xinghai Pictures, I'm definitely qualified to talk about 10% or less!"

For those directors or actors who get a share of the film, their share contract, the distribution commission charged by the distribution company is at least 15% or more, which must be deducted. Movie box office revenue does not include theater chains and distributors. Although big studios are doing their own distribution, they must be deducted.

No one can move the cinema line’s share and distribution commission. The position of directors and actors determines the level of division, such as whether to deduct marketing expenses and whether to deduct production costs.

The rest is the net profit at the box office. Of course, more than 90% of the net profit at the box office of Hollywood movies ends up being negative, and even the net profit at the box office of "Harry Potter" is negative. There will be problems.

Top directors and actors have to talk about the box office revenue of the movie when they get a share of the box office, and the total box office is deducted from the theater chain and distribution;

The lower level talks about the share after deducting marketing expenses;

As for the final share of the net profit minus the production cost, basically many people in the crew will have it, provided that it has the net profit.

Tom Rothman smiled. To be honest, one or two points of distribution commission is really not worth it. What really matters is the production and publicity.

Xinghai Pictures only let the distributors do the distribution on behalf of the cinema. Although the distributors can open up the market, it is really troublesome to talk about the home entertainment market and the TV broadcast market!

"Simon, if Xinghai Pictures follows your model, only one or two low-cost movies will be produced every year!"

Simon didn't speak, thinking in his heart that as long as these two years have passed, I can keep the best interests in this model! Introduce foreign capital, hand over the distribution rights, all the benefits are taken by you, and you become a vassal?

"The budget for "Spartan 300" is $65 million, let 20th Century Fox distribute it. As for "No Country for Old Men", the investment is only $25 million. I want to wait and see the effect of the movie. How about it? ?" Simon asked.

"Okay!" Tom Rothman also agreed. The movie "No Country for Old Men" still knows a little bit. It is very literary and artistic. For the Big Six, Oscar or something can be compared to real benefits!

Awards, that's what independent film production companies need, to add to that to attract investors and distributors.

Simon Pike and 20th Century Fox talked for a few days before only discussing the North American theatrical release of "Spartan 300 Warriors". After all, there are many problems in various aspects about publicity strategy, budget use, 20 million US dollars, for That's a lot for a movie that costs $35 million.

There is no exact word about the home entertainment market of "The Devil Wears Prada" and other markets such as TV broadcasts, as well as the entire overseas market.

Simon is willing to sell off all the shares held by himself and Nicole, and only keep the online broadcasting rights of the movie. After all, the online broadcasting rights are really worthless now.

But 20th Century Fox's price reduction is too ruthless, "Little Miss Sunshine" has taken a big step back, and this time it can't be done. And because 20th Century Fox is also an investor, the distribution will definitely not be handed over to other companies.

Therefore, the benefits can only be collected in the form of shares, and Simon will not be able to get the funds as soon as possible! For the production budget of "Spartan 300 Warriors", it is necessary to find a solution from other aspects.

Moreover, Xinghai Pictures cannot sell the overseas distribution of "The Devil Wears Prada" to other distributors, which would offend 20th Century Fox.

Of course, I can't break up with the Big Six, but Simon Pike knows how much Tom Cruise's immediate and unfriendly breakup with Paramount will cause.