Wang Zifan stayed in the United States for a month, and there was an unexpected gain, that is, "Home Alone" was finally painted, and after the box office was counted, it began to enter the account sharing link, it is worth noting that the American film share is different from Hong Kong, the box office in the first week, the producer gets 70% of the income, the distribution company and the theater get the remaining 30%, in the second week, the producer's income decreases by ten percentage points, and the film distributor and the theater company account for 40%, with the extension of the film's release time, Wang Zifan's dividends are reduced accordingly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On February 24th, "Home Alone", which was released for two months, was finally drawn, and the cumulative box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, which was tens of millions less than Wang Zifan's memory, and shocked the eyeballs.

In addition to this, there is another reason, the price of movie tickets in the United States is higher than expected!

Movie tickets in 1982 cost the same as in the XXI century!

In 1972, Coppola's gangster masterpiece "The Godfather" was released, and any theater in the United States, 365 days a year, 7 days a week, charged a flat price for all movies, no matter when the audience watched any movie, they paid the same ticket price, the adult ticket price is basically about 8 US dollars on weekdays, and about 12 US dollars at night or Sunday, although some theaters will provide some form of differential pricing, such as for the elderly, students, Discounts are offered for children and veterans, but they do not distinguish between the film itself and the showtime, which means that the price is not adjusted according to the attributes of the product, and it is essentially a flat price.

For the first time, the nationwide uniform ticket price was attempted, and "The Godfather" was a great box office, so people followed suit, and all movie theaters in the United States adopted a uniform price: star-studded super productions, Although after the unification of ticket prices in the United States, some stakeholders have questioned the unified pricing system and have made changes, but in the end, everyone will find that once the difference in ticket prices is restored, the ticket price itself may become a reference for the audience to estimate the quality of the movie, when the audience defaults to the fact that all movies are worth the same price. You raise the price and lose the audience. If you deliberately sell it cheaply, the audience may feel that you are weak - "Is it that the quality of the film is poor and you are afraid that you will not be able to sell it, so you will get a discount"?

"Home Alone" suddenly painted with 500 million US dollars, which leads people to reverie, you must know that the profitability of American films does not only depend on the box office, but also the peripheral interests are the majority, and the box office of 500 million US dollars generates peripheral interests at least twice as much as the box office, that is, the producer can get at least 300 to 400 million dividends, and a small-budget comedy film will receive 300 million or 400 million dividends in the United States, so that the attention of the capital predators who have withdrawn from Hollywood has begun to shift to the film production industry.

"Afan, this is the money remitted from the United States, you can sign for it. Mecca's eyes were full of awe, and it was clear today that he had received a dividend of 200 million US dollars from the American producer to the branch, which was equivalent to 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars at the current exchange rate, and how much was the income from Hong Kong's local films, less than 30 million, and such a large amount of money was remitted, which made him sleep poorly for a few days, and his heart palpitated and excited.

"So fast?" Wang Zifan was a little surprised, according to the normal process, it would take forty days to enter the account sharing link.

Mecca also thought about this question, pondered for a while, and analyzed: "I think it has something to do with the box office of the movie! The box office of "Home Alone" has exceeded 500 million, and now our DreamWorks is very popular, I am afraid that Twentieth Century Fox will propose to cooperate with us in a sequel!"

"It's beautiful!" Wang Zifan pouted, when he first cooperated, he had a feeling of being pitted, just like Mecca said, the box office of "Home Alone" exceeded 500 million US dollars, if in Hong Kong, the theater chain and the producer are divided into 550 million, he can get 250 million, but the Yankees have a lot of ghost ideas, and the producer shares 70% in the first week, but the number of screens in the first four days is too small, and the total box office in the four days is about one-third of the box office on the fifth day, and after careful calculation, he lost almost 50 million US dollars.

Mecca has her own little Jiujiu, and said tentatively: "Afan, how do you plan to arrange this dividend?"

Wang Zifan raised his head, his eyes were deep, and he said with a smile: "Bald guy, how long have you been in the United States?"

Mecca said: "Half a year!"

Wang Zifan nodded and said: "Half a year is enough for you to have an in-depth understanding, at present, the American branch does not have the ability to produce movies, after the box office dividends of "Home Alone", there are also overseas dividends, and when the specific number comes out, you can try to make a few projects." ”

Mecca was a little disappointed, he couldn't wait to prove himself now, and asked, "How will the surrounding rights be distributed?"

"You're solely responsible!"

In the next year, there will be at least hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends, plus sequels and overseas box office dividends, and it will be easy to earn $300 million, which means that a "Home Alone" will bring him a profit of $500 million.

Mecca smiled, no matter where he is, he can only do things with money, if he wants to lead the branch to open up the situation in the United States, then he must invest in films, of course, the risk of sole proprietorship production is too great, he plans to find a few excellent scripts, take advantage of the shareholder wind of "Home Alone", pull several investors to share the risk, so that in less than three years, he can create a second new art city in the United States!

After getting the money, there is no point for Wang Zifan to stay in the United States, and Zhao Yuzhi and Mi Yan also promised to go back to Hong Kong with him, and arranged to return to Hong Kong the next day, before returning to Hong Kong, the Americans also gave him a surprise, the information of "Home Alone" was on the "Time Magazine", although it was not the cover, but it also made him show his face, and the news spread to Hong Kong, and Wang Zifan became a hero!

There were a lot of people picking up people at the airport, especially media reporters, but Wang Zifan was still as low-key as ever, leaving the public relations staff to deal with it.

"Mr. Wang!"

"Welcome Mr. Wang back to Hong Kong!"

"Hmm!"

Although Wang Zifan was wearing sunglasses, Shi Nansheng and Huang Baiming still recognized them at a glance, both of them were vice presidents of Oriental Entertainment, with high and powerful positions, they wanted to take the opportunity, and no one dared to rob them!

Huang Baiming took the salute, handed it to the entourage, and said with a smile: "The car is outside!"

Wang Zifan said: "The company has been okay recently!"

Huang Baiming's face moved, and he smiled reluctantly: "It's normal!"

Wang Zifan didn't ask in detail, and looked at Shi Nansheng again.

"Mr. Wang, rest assured, DreamWorks is developing well!" Shi Nansheng smiled confidently, although she was in charge of the distribution company, but Wang Zifan was not there, she was the person with the highest management position in DreamWorks, so she naturally took over most of the work, and continued: "At present, "Best Partner" is still being screened in Taiwan and other places, and after a month, the dividends will be counted, and according to past experience, our company will probably have about 70 million dividends!"

"Not bad!" Wang Zifan nodded, with 500 million US dollars for "Home Alone", he was very calm!

"So much!"

Huang Baiming was surprised and delighted, the films he made before, the overseas dividends were only a few million, but he didn't expect to make a sequel this time, and it will increase more than ten times at once, which is an unexpected joy, the "Best Partner" series is the path that Xinyicheng is taking, and he feels that a lot of small money beckons to him again.

Shi Nansheng smiled: "I was also surprised by the overseas box office, but this is good news for DreamWorks." ”

When he arrived outside the airport, Wang Zifan got into the car first, accompanied by Huang Baiming and Shi Nansheng, and said, "Tell me about the specific situation!"

Shi Nansheng reported like a treasure: "According to the news from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, the box office of "Best Partner" has been counted, not counting Southeast Asian countries, only these three places, the overseas dividends will exceed 60 million! The European side also hopes to buy out at one time, and this time the offer is 5 million pounds!"

Huang Baiming's expression was sluggish, this information was too shocking, Shi Nansheng controlled the distribution department, how much should he earn this year, smacked his lips, and continued to ask: "Then what about Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand?"

Shi Nansheng said: "Visual inspection can exceed 120 million!"

"120 million!" Huang Baiming repeated, and soon became normal, this money can only be pediatric for the dividends of "Home Alone".

Wang Zifan said with a smile: "There are 80 million overseas dividends, which has exceeded my expectations, Manager Huang, you work hard, the "Best Partner" series will be taken over by Xinyicheng in the future, after you go back, prepare the script of the third sequel, while this shareholder wind is still there, it is true to make a big profit, one is 100 million, shoot five, we can earn 500 million." ”

Huang Baiming smiled bitterly: "To make a movie like "Best Partner", it takes at least half a year to prepare, whether it is the script or the schedule in Mecca, it is really troublesome. ”

Shi Nansheng nodded, now Mecca is the manager of the American branch, and it is not necessary to say whether he is willing to return to Hong Kong to film, after all, his salary can only be regarded as second-rate, and he agrees to be the leading actor, and his salary is only one-third of Xu Guanjie!

Wang Zifan replied innocently: "You can do the script yourself." ”

Writing scripts is Huang Baiming's strength, although he also admires Wang Zifan's screenwriting ability, but the literati are light, and he always thinks that he is also great, and when he heard that the script was handed over to him, he immediately agreed: "The script will be written by me, but the Mecca schedule still needs to be coordinated by Mr. Wang!"

"That's it!" Wang Zifan did not refuse!

When he arrived at DreamWorks, Wang Zifan was about to hold a return meeting, and Wang Jing came to the door again.

"Mr. Wang is early!" Wang Jing, who looked fat and fat, was a little restrained.

"Sit down!" Wang Zifan nodded secretly, although he is now a fledgling, he is still very optimistic about Wang Jing!

Shi Nansheng said with a smile: "Wang Jing, "The Frog Prince" is about to be painted, and the company has a gambling film to shoot recently?

Wang Jing also looked at Wang Zifan curiously, he had also heard of this film, the script was written by the screenwriting department, the actors had already been decided, the script was announced half a month in advance, and all kinds of signs showed that the company attached great importance to this film.

Wang Zifan's heart moved, and he couldn't help but be curious: "What kind of gambling film?"

Shi Nansheng said: "The script is co-written by several screenwriters, the name is "God of Gamblers", and several directors are very interested!"

Wang Jing rolled his eyes and recommended himself: "Mr. Wang, how about you think I will direct this film?"

Shi Nansheng couldn't cry or laugh in an instant, could it be that when Wang Zifan returned to Hong Kong, what she said would be useless?