Early on Monday morning, Charlize Theron, the new Oscar-winning actress and praised by countless people as the "South African diamond", came to the Santa Monica Valley and entered the office of Gale Anne Hurd.

For her first film project after winning the Oscar for Best Actress, Charlize Theron chose to work with Annie Hurd and Paramount Pictures.

The project didn't have a script yet, just one idea, and the idea came from producer Anne Hurd.

Charlize Theron is not in the slightest dissatisfied with taking the lead actress without seeing the script, which is the usual creative model of Hollywood commercial films, where the producer or film company first gets creative, and then hires a screenwriter to write the script under the template according to the creative and market needs.

Since the early eighties, most typical commercial films have done this.

Among the representatives are the famous Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, under the highly commercial production system, Hollywood really broke up European films, creating a situation where the world film market is dominant.

At the turn of the millennium, another producer carried forward this quintessential Hollywood film model.

That producer, Charlize Theron, not only knew but also collaborated on a very successful romantic comedy film.

"Enemy of Love" is also her most commercially successful film since entering the industry, grossing $223.84 million in North America and $487.2 million worldwide.

Although the outside world agrees that the biggest factors in the success of the film are the actor Will Smith and the producer Ronan Anderson, no one can stop her as the heroine from taking advantage of the momentum.

What's more, she won the Oscar for Best Actress a few months later, and was even received by Mandela, a great man of a generation, and her motherland South Africa gave her the highest honor.

When an actor reaches this point, what regrets can he have?

It may seem like no, but Charlize Theron doesn't just have it, it's very big.

This regret comes from money.

"Enemy of Love" was a box office hit, but her salary, including the union's share and bonuses, was only $3 million.

The money basically didn't stay in her account, it was thrown into the awards season and Oscar PR, and it was far from enough.

What others see is the media's praise for her, Roger Albert's vigorous touting, and who knows how much money is spent?

Outsiders would never have thought that the Oscar Best Actress with unlimited scenery would be a loser.

Because PR campaigns cost money, raising a boyfriend also costs money.

So, when Paramount Pictures and Anne Hurd threw an olive branch, Charlize Theron thought about it for a moment and responded.

Oscar's investment needs to be recouped, and it is best to make a profit.

The $10 million salary that the agent won in the negotiation also set a record for her since she entered the industry, which was several times the salary of the previous commercial film.

And with the Oscar Best Actress Little Golden Man by her side, the agent has won more power, and she is also one of the producers.

The power in the crew is far less than that of Anne Hurd, but he can have a certain say in matters that affect him, avoiding becoming a pure pawn in the hands of the producer.

Seeing Anne Hurd, Charlize Theron asked, "I heard that another screenwriter has been confirmed." ”

Anne Hurd put aside her work for a moment and replied, "It's going to be an official signing this week, Glenn Morgan." ”

The name was a little unfamiliar, and Charlize Theron wondered, "Is he?"

"The screenwriter of the series "Here Comes the Grim Reaper". Anne Hurd said directly.

Charlize Theron nodded: "The Grim Reaper series, of which Ronan Anderson is a producer?"

Because of the relationship between women, Anne Hurd was very patient and said: "Yes, the first screenwriter of the "Death is Coming" series, this series is extremely successful, and I was still a little skeptical, so I have been waiting for the North American release of "Death is Coming 3" before signing a contract with Glenn Morgan. ”

She found a newspaper and handed it to Charlize Theron, and the newspaper circled a piece in red pen, which was the North American box office charts.

Charlize Theron glanced at it, and the number one on the list was "Spider-Man 2", which entered the following weekend, with a box office figure of $45.18 million.

"Death is Coming 3" came in second place with a box office of $29.8 million.

Anne Hurd said: "It's hard for this film to grossing over 100 million in North America, but three times the production cost of $20 million is not a problem. ”

Box office numbers are always the most powerful statistic for commercial films, and Charlize Theron has a basic approval of this unfamiliar screenwriter, but still has doubts.

After all, this "Magic Woman Warrior" is the key to her turning from a loser to a rich man and achieving a great fortune.

Charlize Theron said with some doubts: ""Death is Coming 3" is a huge success, but this is a horror film, and our project is a science fiction film......"

Anne Hurd smiled and said: "Glenn Morgan has experience in writing sci-fi screenplays, he served as the signed screenwriter of "Cosmic Pursuit", although the box office of that film is not very ideal, but it has achieved profitability through the offline market in the past two years, which also allows Glenn Morgan to accumulate a certain amount of experience, which will definitely help the script creation of "Magic Woman". ”

She further said: "Glenn Morgan is only the second signed writer, and Matt Manfred is trustworthy and will do a good job of script quality control. ”

Charlize Theron nodded slightly.

Anne Hurd suddenly accentuated: "One more point, Glenn Morgan is a screenwriter that Ronan Anderson values very much!"

When these words fell into his ears, Charlize Theron was instantly convinced, and Ronan Anderson's optimistic screenwriter must be capable.

As an actor who has worked directly with her, she has reason to believe that Ronan Anderson's judgment in the film business is definitely the top level in Hollywood.

The success of the "Death is Coming" series is in front of everyone, and the box office figures of "Death is Coming 3" are in front of her eyes.

Charlize Theron has more confidence in "Magic Woman", and perhaps this film will be the key to the 20 million club.

As an actress, who wouldn't want to be the next Julia Roberts?

Besides, he must earn more money, he has enough money and influence enough, not only can he provide his boyfriend with a good life, but he may also be able to pull up his acting career in the quagmire.

Charlize Theron is an unusually experienced woman who especially cherishes the love in front of her.

She is willing to run around on the set and accept more commercial brand endorsements.

"Death is Coming 3" became the only film released by Embassy Pictures in 2004 that has not won the North American box office championship so far, and with "Spider-Man 2" in the way, it is unlikely that it will have another chance to win the box office championship in the future.

But the $29.8 million box office figure in the opening weekend in North America has surpassed the combined cost of production and publicity and distribution, and also represents the commercial success of the film.

There are also predictions inside and outside the industry that the film's North American box office will be around $80 million, and the global box office is expected to hit $200 million.

Naturally, "Death is Coming 4" was put on the agenda by Shahai Entertainment again.

had the experience that "Cosmic Pursuit" was not a success, James Huang had no intention of leaving horror films for the time being, and with a generous enough director's salary, he soon signed a film contract with Shahai Entertainment as the director and producer of "Death is Coming 4".

Ronan only retains the final editing rights, while leaving the third party to do the financial supervision and control, and this series of other permissions is all handed over to James Wong.

Continuing the existing successful business model of filming and production, perhaps there will be no breakthrough in the sequel to "The Grim Reaper", and the box office and market response will show a gradual downward trend, but it is not difficult to continue to bring a lot of commercial profits in the online and offline markets.

Since "Death Comes 2", the revenue from the offline market, including DVD rental and sales and TV rights broadcasting, has comprehensively surpassed the box office share of the film in North America and overseas.

That said, the series has a much larger market outside of theaters.

There are a lot of movies in Hollywood, looking at the box office numbers are mediocre, even very average, but sequels are being shot one after another, and the reason is very simple, the offline market can continue to make profits.

Ronan has seen related reports, "The Grim Reaper" "Chainsaw Horror" and "Resident Evil" and other series of films are filmed later, and if you talk about box office revenue alone, you will definitely lose money, and its profits basically come from the offline DVD rental and sales market.

This is the best era for movie DVD discs, a movie with a market, often can be released in multiple versions of the DVD, such as luxury costumes, commemorative costumes, director's cuts, etc., and someone pays for it.

Moreover, the low manufacturing cost of DVDs makes it relatively easy to recoup the cost.

Ronan heard that Walt Disney recently came up with a "platinum" commemorative edition plan, planning to release a DVD version of Disney Animation Studio's classic animated feature films.

In a few years, another version of the same Disney animated movie will definitely be released.

Of course, it's not just Walt Disney that's doing this.

Embassy Pictures, in conjunction with Shahai Entertainment, is also making preparations in this regard, planning to release the high-definition DVD version of "First Blood" acquired from Artisan Entertainment, such as "Spy" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", and plans to release a tidbit version before the release of the new film next year.

DVDs are all the rage, don't earn them now, but when?

In the past, DVDs were really super best-sellers, but it was only a little more than ten years.

After the start of the new week, there are still more than ten days to release "Batman: Time to Go to War" to further increase the publicity, and even Ronan has attended several promotional activities, and the "Batman" movie, which has experienced the double collapse of word-of-mouth and market, is not easy to resurrect.

Fortunately, Bruce Wayne finally has a certain market foundation.

In addition, there is also news about the zombie comics that Ronan asked Connie to find.