Burbank, Warner Studios.

In the office, Kevin Tsohara put down the papers, looked at Charles Rowan across from him, and asked, "Is this weekend's box office winner or 'Marvelous Night at the Museum'?"

"It's a family affair. Charles Rowan's face was a little weird: "This film is very unusual. ”

Kevin Tsuhara wondered: "Because of the poor reputation, but the box office can be a big hit?" He thinks it's normal: "Relativity Entertainment's projects, especially those initiated and produced by Ronan Anderson, have a bad reputation and high box office is common. ”

How many film projects has Ronan Anderson initiated over the years?

Charles Rowan said slowly: "No matter how rotten the Rotten Tomatoes index is, it can't stop the gushing enthusiasm of the family audience. Instead of plummeting due to word-of-mouth, "Night at the Museum" bucked the trend and rose 15 percent the following weekend to $45.78 million. Ten days after its release, the North American box office of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" easily exceeded 100 million, reaching $122.78 million. ”

Kevin Tsuhara's face changed: "Reverse growth the next weekend?"

Charles Rowan was pretty sure: "Yes, reverse growth!"

"Why isn't such a film from Warner Bros.?" Kevin Tsohara shook his head and sighed, "If Ronan Anderson were our chief creative officer......"

Charles Rowan didn't answer because it couldn't be.

If Ronan Anderson were just a gold producer, Warner Bros. might still hire him into the top, but Ronan Anderson is not just a producer, but also a studio owner, what does Warner Bros. want to use to impress Ronan Anderson?

Kevin Tsohara also knows this, and now that the situation of Relativity Entertainment is here, Warner Bros. chooses to acquire Relativity Entertainment, and without the support of Time Warner Group, it can only use mergers and acquisitions.

Even if Ronan Anderson agrees, he will probably become the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros., and then not only the chief creative officer, but also the chairman and CEO positions may be replaced.

Besides, Ronan Anderson won't say yes.

Kevin Tsuhara has to make sure he can sit at the top of Warner Bros. first, and then talk about anything else.

"What about our Alexander the Great?" asked Kevin Tsohara.

Although it is not his own business, in the face of the inquiry of his immediate boss, Charles Rowan replied: "The second weekend in North America was $4.12 million, and the North American box office accumulated $21.83 million in ten days after its release." ”

Kevin Tsuhara went on to ask, "What is the future outlook?"

Charles Rowan told the truth: "The North American box office is about $30 million, and the overseas box office is difficult to $100 million. ”

Kevin Tsuhara couldn't help but whisper: "Huge loss, ......"

Hearing this, Charles Rowan thought of Alan Horn, and instantly raised his vigilance, Kevin T Suhara, an island countryman, may not have a good business level, but his ability to shake the pot and pit people is absolutely first-class.

Charles Rowan doesn't want to carry the big black cauldron of the defeat of "Alexander the Great".

Kate Tsohara is more of a bureaucrat than a technocracy like Charles Rowan, and after a little bit of teeth, she changed the subject: "Hollywood's three big-budget epics this year have not met expectations, strictly speaking, all of them have failed, and we should not consider epic projects with big investment and big productions in the next step." ”

"At present, epic projects are indeed risky. Charles Rowan remembered something and asked, "What about the project that Roland Emmerich asked us to work on?"

Kevin Tsohara has also seen the project proposal: "The prehistoric film project?"

Charles Rowan said: "Roland Emmerich's new project is, strictly speaking, also a costume epic genre. ”

When it comes to business ability, Kevin Tessohara is not very good, but he is calculating, and after a little thought, he has a solution: "Find someone to recommend this prehistoric project to Relativity Entertainment, see Ronan Anderson's reaction, and if he refuses, we don't want it." ”

In his eyes, this is the safest way to deal with it.

Charles Rowan has doubts: "Our verbal agreement with Roland Emmerich ......"

Kevin Tsuhara quickly thought of a countermeasure and said: "If we don't want it, we don't have to refuse directly, and leak the news that Roland Emmerich has a new project to Twentieth Century Fox, Roland Emmerich has been working with Twentieth Century Fox before, and Twentieth Century Fox will not let Roland Emmerich go easily, so we will not be in breach of contract." If Ronan Anderson is interested, we have an agreement with Roland Emmerich!"

Charles Rowan discovered that he was really only suitable for technology.

"Night at the Museum" has a super stable box office trend, which exceeded everyone's expectations, and the North American box office exceeded $120 million in ten days, which means that this film, which cost only $70 million to make, is bound to be a huge success.

Once a family movie hits, it's powerful.

But box office success also brought with it some blissful troubles.

For example, a sequel is already on the agenda, and the actor Ben Stiller has asked for a $15 million salary.

The parties have already begun negotiations on a sequel.

The film is a big hit at the box office, and it is inevitable that the actor's salary will rise.

Ronan approved the production budget for the sequel, and the production cost will rise to $100 million, and the increase will be mainly used for special effects production and staff compensation.

The preparation and production of the sequel is planned to take two years.

At the end of November, Robert Lee's legal and copyright department came with good news, the film adaptation rights of "Life and Death Fight" were successfully obtained, and the same as the adaptation rights of previous works in island countries, the price was not high, and the licensing fee was only $1.5 million.

After Uwe Bauer got the news, he made a special trip to Shahai Entertainment to discuss the script adaptation with the screenwriter department.

Ronan has already agreed with Uwe Ball that the production budget will not exceed $5 million, and after getting the adaptation rights, just like "Vampire Lane", let Uwe Ball prepare for filming.

After the success of "Dead Haunted House" and "Dungeon Siege", Brother Bao also has a group of fans.

If you shoot a film with a production budget of tens of millions of dollars, you must think about it, but if it is less than five million dollars, you can let Brother Bao shoot casually, for now, Brother Bao has such market appeal.

Brother Bao has already entered Netflix sharing, and with the continuous expansion of the sharing audience, Brother Bao has a large number of fans on Netflix sharing, and the number of likes on related news released is always easy to reach five figures.

To some extent, Brother Bao can be said to be a star director.

A star director like Christopher Nolan has attracted a large number of brain-dead fans by relying on wonderful films with outstanding reputation, but Brother Bao has done the opposite.

Ronan also had a plan to launch a wave of publicity when Brother Bao's new film was about to be released, striving to make Brother Bao a super Internet celebrity director shared by Netflix.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, there is a long period when a considerable number of viewers watch movies without caring about the quality at all, and are completely rushing towards someone.

The same is true for Hollywood.

Brother Bao has a strange appearance, outstanding characteristics, and is willing to cooperate, which can be called a very suitable candidate.

Netflix's mobile client business will be launched after the New Year, and with the development of the smartphone market, Bao Ge has a promising future.

There are many movies suitable for adapting games, and the copyright fee itself is not high, as long as Brother Bao can attract enough audiences, Ronan can let him keep filming.

After several years of cooperation, Ronan also discovered that Brother Bao is indeed very capable, except for the director.

The awards season is about to kick off, and the next two months will be directly related to the success or failure of many films.

Ronan stayed in Los Angeles for the time being, focusing on the film business.

Shahai Entertainment has transferred the latest batch of submitted scripts and film project lists, the former is basically a rookie screenwriter trying their luck everywhere, and the latter belongs to the producer or director to pull the investment.

As most of the time in the past, Ronan didn't see a familiar name in the script submitted by the rookie screenwriter, but a project that the producer wanted to invest in caught his attention.

First of all, this is the work of the famous German director Roland Emmerich, the same director who made "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow".

Secondly, the name of this project is "10,000 Years Before History"!

Ronan saw this film, and his first impression at the time was that this highly scientific name made people preconceived that this movie would rigorously replicate the state of 10,000 years before history.

Unfortunately, this film is more like a magical movie with a chaotic era.

Perhaps, it may be more appropriate to call "10,000 Years Before History" or something like "Prehistoric Mythology".

Once, because of the earthquake movie that could instigate the apocalyptic atmosphere, Ronan also saw some news about Roland Emmerich, and many people on the Internet at that time called "10,000 Years Before History" Roland Emmerich's most failed work, not one of them.

Even, some people angrily scolded that this movie should be called "Stinky for 10,000 Years".

Ronan still remembers that he was still a little interested in watching a group of primitive people fighting heaven and earth fighting animals, and the picture suddenly turned out of the Egyptian pyramids, and the transformation was blunt and made people look confused.

The whites with the hairy blue eyes united with the blacks to defeat the highly civilized Egyptians, except for the bewilderment and bewilderment.

Because the director is Roland Emmerich, Ronan still simply read the project and the script, which is basically similar to what he remembers.

He is also a little strange, Roland Emmerich has been working with Twentieth Century Fox since "Independence Day", how did he go to Shahai Entertainment to pull investment?

Such a good project, of course, should be left to Twentieth Century Fox.

Ronan gave the project a red light in his heart, and after a little consideration, he did not directly sentence the death penalty, and specifically called George Clint, asking him to find a way to reveal the news of "10,000 Years Before History" to Twentieth Century Fox, and at the same time not to publicize Shahai Entertainment's attitude to the public for the time being.