1617 Rising gold
$63.5 million.
With the brilliance of just one work of "Gravity", Lan Li has already achieved the goal that other actors have worked hard all their lives, and from "Edge of Tomorrow" to "Gravity", he has dedicated top box office works for two consecutive years, which makes Lan Li soar into the sky and instantly become the hottest actor in the whole Hollywood.
Johnny Depp took over "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" and Robert Downey Jr. took over "Iron Man 3", both actors have set new records for the highest salary in Hollywood one after another, and they can be said to be the well-deserved top existence in the entire film industry, but these two actors are relying on the series of movies to make a name, and the salary after leaving the series of movies will be greatly reduced, which is also an objective fact.
This is also the reason why the copyrights of Marvel and DC are so highly valued, and major film companies know that Xiang Bao is not Johnny or Robert, but the comic book adaptation rights (IP).
Lan Li is different.
"Gravity" is not a sequel and there is no sequel; Lan Li has not filmed a sequel to the sequel work "Fast and Thrill/Emotion" has only filmed one, and the sequel script of "Edge of Tomorrow" is still in production, and at the same time, Lan Li has only filmed one adaptation of the original book or comic work "Edge of Tomorrow".
In other words, the market value of Lanli is completely self-accumulated, just like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Will Smith in the 90s, such superstar value is the most worthy of awe.
Relying only on its own market appeal, Lanli broke Johnny and Robert's salary records, and received an unprecedented salary of 60 million US dollars, which is definitely a milestone in the history of the Hollywood film industry!
When Lan Li first entered the "Interstellar" crew, Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway once ridiculed the name of "Mr. 500 Million", because Lan Li's two consecutive works broke 500 million at the North American box office, except for James Cameron, no artist has been able to reach such heights for the time being.
Now, from "Mr. 500 million" to "billions of net worth", this also means that the focus has fallen from market appeal to personal wealth, and the aura of Lanli has instantly bloomed with incredible energy.
What's more, that's not all.
"Drunken Country Ballad" followed.
At the beginning, Lan Li and "Drunken Country Ballads" went around each other and missed a period of time, but the Coen brothers still gave absolute trust and insisted on waiting for Lan Li to join, which finally led to this cooperation, and as for the remuneration part, the Coen brothers were also very generous and gave the greatest convenience within the budget.
After careful consideration, under the advice and operation of Andy Rogers, he officially joined in the form of cash and dividends:
A base salary of $500,000 plus a 5 percent North American box office dividend.
But obviously, even Andy himself did not expect the North American box office of "Drunken Country Folk" to usher in a full-scale explosion and become the most unbelievable independent artwork of all time, and in a trance, people once again saw the year when "vulgar" was born.
In 1994, the three-legged triumph of "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar" can be called a good story that has gone down in history, and it is still talked about by people today, and among them, "vulgar" is undoubtedly an outlier among the other, not only an independent work, but also an innovative work that breaks the linear narrative structure, officially establishing Quentin Tarantino's position in the history of North American cinema.
At that time, "Vulgar" only invested 8 million US dollars in exchange for a box office of 107 million in North America, ranking tenth on the year-end North American box office list, which was the first independent work in film history to break 100 million at the box office, and completely changed the rules of the entire film market.
Many people wonder, why is the historical status of "vulgar" so exalted?
First, Quentin brought a new approach to cinematic storytelling in a different way, which is also the third Hollywood film innovation after "Citizen Kane" and "Male and Female Thieves", and second, it is an independent film, which is separated from the assembly line operation of mainstream major film companies, and brings a new revelation to the independent film industry.
Thirdly, and most importantly, box office wins.
It's not just a million profits, but "vulgar" also proves that independent films can also achieve box office harvests, which is a powerful positive impact on the entire film market, and then directly gave birth to DreamWorks, Focus Pictures, Fox Searchlights and other companies That is to say, the six major Hollywood film companies have since begun to set up their own independent labels, and Sony Classics, which was established in 1992, has also grown rapidly.
All of this has created a legendary position in the industry of "vulgarity".
Now, "Drunken Country Ballad" also makes people see signs of reshuffling the industry, as for whether it can reach the height of "vulgarity", it will be decided by time.
But at least it is certain that the box office of 200 million US dollars in North America is enough to make "Drunken Country Ballads" occupy an indispensable place in the long river of history.
With "Drunken Country Ballads", Lan Li's salary income has also reached 10.5 million US dollars.
Purely in terms of numbers, this naturally cannot be compared with the 60 million of "gravity", but a very interesting number is worth paying attention to: the production cost of "Drunken Country Ballads" is only 11 million, and now Lan Li's personal salary is almost equal to this figure, and the side can see the incredible salary of such a salary.
The combination of the two works, in less than two months, Lan Li's salary income is as high as 74 million US dollars!
There is no endorsement sponsorship, no commercial performance activities, no personal brand, no commercial investment, just relying on remuneration income, in Forbes' year-end income list, Lan Li deservedly occupies the top spot, beating Robert Downey Jr. and becoming the most profitable upstart in the United States!
Take a look at the list of the nation's most profitable actors over the past decade
Robert Downey Jr. in 2012, Johnny Depp in 2011, Robert Downey Jr. in 2010, Robert Downey Jr. in 2009, Harrison Ford in 2008, Johnny Depp in 2007, Johnny Depp in 2006, Tom Cruise in 2005, George Clooney in 2004, Johnny Depp in 2003.
This year, there are finally new faces! Moreover, this is still a Generation Y actor!
This was a shock to the entire film industry, and when Forbes announced the list, when the exhibitors announced the year-end box office charts for North America and the world, everyone was a sensation!
From Baby Boomers to Gen X to Gen Y, Gen X has never been able to accomplish the succession feat, and now it has finally found a successor among Gen Y!
After the "Avengers" swept thousands of troops in 2012, the film industry has been sighing: Hollywood has no superstars, only copyright (IP).
Marlon Brando in the Golden Age, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks in the Business Awakening Era, Tom Cruise and Will Smith in the Nineties, and Leonardo DiCaprio at the turn of the century...... The charisma of these top superstars gave the film more unique colors, but now they have all died silently.
Everyone is curious about who can take over the burden of box office superstars, but it turns out that copyright has become the darling of the market, which also makes the charm of the movie all fall on the shoulders of computer special effects, assembly line work and adaptation of the original book, and the personal charm of the actors is gradually annihilated in those modular film structures, which is suffocating.
After all, the era is still drowned in the torrent of history.
But now, I'm afraid they need to retract it.
Despite this, industry insiders rejoiced and welcomed the return of Lanli with countless applause. Perhaps, because he completed EGOT at a young age, people are disgusted with the domineering and domineering that squeezed out Lan Li, but now, because Lan Li has reproduced the personal charm of the actor in the golden age, he has once again won the hearts of industry insiders.
The truth is so wonderful, business and art, seemingly independent factors, have always relied on each other and supported each other, and they are inseparable.
As a result, there were many rumors among the crew of "Interstellar". It's like this moment in time.
"Lan Li has always been so dedicated, haven't you heard of it before? He was personally involved in the fight scenes with Vin Diesel on the set of 'Fast & Furious 5', and now he just maintains his usual style. I don't think there's any need for him to maintain his image at all, and there are still few rumors about him in the industry?"
"That's right. Even if he wants to maintain his image, there is no need to work so hard. If it were me, I'd just sit next to me and rest now, and I would just be on the stage during the actual shooting, so that everyone wouldn't dare to say anything. ”
"I just listened to Lan Li and Chris discuss, they need to consider the impact of weight on Weiya, Lan Li also hopes that he can adapt to Weiya's performance feeling in advance, he has hung Weiya in the 'Edge of Tomorrow' before, but there are not many times, he still hopes to be able to adapt well. What's more, this is still a high-altitude performance, almost three or four stories from the ground, and he also needs to adjust it. ”
"I just think that his net worth is over 100 million, and there is no need to work so hard. ”
"You say, will he not even know that he is worth more than 100 million? After all, who would be bored to look through their bank accounts?"
"We poor people will. Hahahaha. ”
"I think that Lan Li is so desperate, Universal Pictures is probably going to be dumbfounded. So many opportunities were not seized. ”
"Haven't you heard? Actually, it's all ...... It's all ...... Wait, he didn't come to the scene today, did he? In fact, it was Thomas Toole trying to take control, and Lan Li didn't buy it at all, which caused things to come to an impasse. ”
"The version I've heard is that Lan Li doesn't have much demand for the salary at all, he just thinks it's a good thing to re-work with Paul Walker, and the dinosaur project is also because of Steven Spielberg, but Universal has been paid there without any respect, but Lan Li doesn't care at all, and turns around and leaves. ”
"Now the world is probably going to be ruined, right? Kevin is a little more visionary. ”