In 2003, Tianqi Pictures invested in the production of a total of 3 films, namely "Hurricane Rescue", "Saw 2" and "District 9"!

"Hurricane Rescue" grossed $121 million in North America, ranking 16th in the 2003 annual box office list in North America!

"Saw 2" grossed $87.03 million in North America, ranking 34th in the 2003 annual box office list in North America! $147 million worldwide!

"District 9" is still in theaters, and the final box office is still uncertain!

Among them, "Hurricane Rescue" invested $3.5 million, the North American box office share was $10.8 million (excluding taxes), the global box office was divided into $4.2 million (excluding taxes), and the copyright income was $8 million (excluding taxes)!

In other words, after removing the investment, "Hurricane Rescue" made a net profit of $19.5 million!

"Saw 2" invested $3.5 million, with a North American box office share of $41 million (excluding taxes) and a global box office share of $17.8 million (excluding taxes)!

"Saw 2" removed the investment cost, and the net profit was 55.3 million US dollars!

"District 9" invested $15 million, but there is no income for the time being!

In addition, Saw 1 also brought the company $12.5 million in net profit from copyright revenue!

All in all, excluding the income from "District 9", the film investment and production expenditure of Tianqi Pictures in 2003 was 22 million US dollars.

It has grossed $208 million in North America, $354 million worldwide, and a net profit of $87.3 million.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, not only happy for Smart's ability to talk about these data, but also stunned by the statistics of American film companies.

Don't look at these costs, box office and profits are also in Huaxia Film Company, but this is what Smart said, and there are many things that are not said in the documents.

It includes IMDB scores, Rotten Tomatoes index, popcorn index, as well as the age distribution of each movie's moviegoers, gender proportion, satisfaction surveys and other data!

It doesn't matter if all the data is actually meaningful, but at least it looks professional and unclear!

"What about the plan for this year?" asked Chen Hao.

"So far, there is only one "Saw 3" that can be confirmed, and the investment budget is about 10 million US dollars!

As for the second part of "Hurricane Rescue", I think it is better to wait until next year to launch it, not only to avoid excessive consumption of the film's popularity in a short period of time, but also to increase the sense of anticipation of fans, which is good for the box office. Smart said.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, hunger marketing!

"There are two parts that are uncertain, one is whether Mr. Chen has a new film, and the other is that I hope the company can invest in other small-budget films, the number is about 1-2, and the investment does not exceed 3 million US dollars!" Smart said.

Investing in low-cost films is Smart's housekeeping skill in the original company, and he naturally wants to show his hand.

Chen Hao smiled when he heard this, "I am sure that there will be a new film, but it is not certain for the time being, because Warner Bros. has decided to reboot Batman and is considering asking me to direct it."

If it's decided that I'm directing, then the company won't have to spend money.

If it wasn't me, I would be making a comedy with a budget of about $25 million!"

Smart nodded, "In addition, I hope the company can get involved in film distribution, although we are now happy to cooperate with Sony Columbia, but we don't have our own distribution capabilities, and we are always controlled by others." ”

Chen Hao nodded in agreement when he heard this, just think about the final result of DreamWorks!

"I've been involved in distribution since my previous company, and I've had the initial results, and now I need to invest in building on them!" Smart said.

Chen Hao said directly, "No problem, with the film investment, I will directly leave 20 million US dollars, and there are other situations to invest money." ”

Smart breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it seems that Chen Hao still recognizes and supports his work.

After finishing his work at Tianqi Pictures, Chen Hao was ready to return to China, but he made two more phone calls before returning to China.

On the first call, Chen Hao informed Warner Bros.' Greg Silverman that he was willing to direct the reboot of Batman!

Of course, Chen Hao is only one of the four candidates, and it is not yet known whether he will direct it in the end.

On the second call, Chen Hao called Davis.

Because of the distribution problem that Smart said, Chen Hao had to pay attention to it.

This is a big problem, and a large part of the dissolution of DreamWorks was suffocated because of its poor distribution ability, which is also the reason why Chen Hao bought Haotian Cinema in the mainland.

It's just that in North America, the biggest distribution rights are basically the eight giants, and it is not easy to have the same distribution capabilities as them.

Not only must it have enough strength, but it also has to face the competition of the eight giants.

Although Smart has set foot in the distribution and has achieved preliminary results, it is not much bigger than it is, and it is a great thing to be able to organize 500 theaters to be released!

If you really want to establish a considerable amount of distribution channels in a short period of time, you have to find a way from the eight giants.

Chen Hao quickly thought of MGM, one of the eight Hollywood giants who have been in poor condition recently!

Because of the fiasco of Wu Baige's "Wind Whisperer", and MGM has not had a blockbuster film since entering the 21st century, he is exhausted, so MGM is now on the verge of bankruptcy!

And soon after, a consortium led by Sony formed a MGM Holdings, and then acquired MGM Pictures through a $4.8 billion leveraged buyout!

If you want to say that everyone is a consortium, you may not be able to look down on Chen Hao.

But Chen Hao knew that the purpose of this consortium was not to run MGM well and make it rejuvenate.

Just like Hollywood giants such as Warner Bros. and Universal, they also want to buy MGM, but they also want to close MGM directly, not to revive MGM.

MGM now has a huge library of more than 7,600 films!

Other Hollywood giants want to take this library, and then simply shut down MGM and get rid of a competitor.

Sony America wants to promote its own Blu-ray disc through this huge film library!

The acquisition of another Kongscat in the team also has a special purpose, it is to use the film library to promote network on-demand, so as to drive Comcast's telecom operation business!

Anyway, it's not for the sake of rebooting MGM!

Chen Hao's biggest purpose is for MGM's distribution channels, of course, the film library is also one of them, and MGM's set also has a certain value, so Chen Hao does not conflict with their purpose.

Although the total amount of this acquisition is as high as 4.8 billion US dollars, Sony only spent 300 million US dollars to account for 20% of the shares, and the entire team of six raised a total of 1.45 billion US dollars.

Among them, the Sifang Group, the least, only contributed 45 million US dollars, accounting for 3% of the shares!

The rest of the money was borrowed by Sony and other groups from more than 20 banks on Wall Street, using the assets of MGM as collateral in the future.

Chen Hao doesn't have much money, but it's still okay to come up with $45 million.

Of course, all this is according to the best development assumptions, whether you can catch this ride, it is difficult to say!

But Chen Hao always has to give it a try before he is willing!