The huge Royal Eagle A-750 wide-body airliner landed smoothly on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It didn't take long for the figures of the Grandmaster and Yu Jin to appear at the gate.

The two of them landed in Los Angeles after flying for more than 10 hours on a United Overseas Royal Airlines intercontinental airliner.

This time in Los Angeles, the grandmaster did not have the luxury of using the private jet of the Fang Zhengying family. It's not that the big guy will be used when there are a lot of people, and now he and Yu Jin are two people, and then they take the big guy, then it can't be called luxury, it's called a loser......

The grandmaster, who had a good night's sleep in the first class cabin, was full of energy after getting off the plane, and as soon as he got out of the gate, he saw Doug. Johnson is waiting over there.

"Doug, let me introduce you, this is my assistant and the assistant director of this movie, Mr. Yu Jinyu." In and Doug. After Johnson finished giving him a warm hug, the Grandmaster said to the old man with a smile.

"Hey, Yu, welcome to Los Angeles!" Doug. Johnson has a cheerfulness that is unique to Americans, and although he is over sixty years old, this guy is very fond of making friends.

After a round of pleasantries, the three of them got into Doug. Johnson parked his car outside and drove towards Burbank in a puff of smoke.

As in previous generations, the six major studios that dominate Hollywood are Warner Bros., Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Columbia. As for MGM, which was once very glorious, it is now on the verge of bankruptcy and has been eliminated early.

However, unlike the previous life, Colombia in this life was not acquired by Sony in the 90s, and Colombia in this life is still in the hands of the Americans.

Behind these six major film companies, there is a huge entertainment group, like Warner Bros., which the grandmaster is going to cooperate with this time, was acquired by Time Warner and became a subsidiary of Time Warner early.

Warner Bros. is headquartered in Burbank, about 20 kilometers north of Los Angeles, and in this small city, Disney's headquarters, NBC's headquarters, and Viacom's headquarters are also located here, so this once Los Angeles slum city is now known as the "media capital" of the world.

As the third oldest film company in the United States, Warner Bros. has always developed smoothly, especially after being acquired by Time Warner Group, Warner Bros. was once the largest film company in Hollywood. Even now, Warner Bros. is still the most powerful in Hollywood in terms of global film distribution.

Twenty or thirty people sat in a lavishly decorated screening room on the fourth floor of the Warner Bros. headquarters building. This made the Grandmaster somewhat surprised.

Originally, this preview screening was only held for Warner Bros. and theater representatives, but I didn't expect so many people to come, and some of them didn't seem to be Warner Bros. or theater representatives at all.

Doug. Johnson whispered in the Grandmaster's ear, "Master, your fame has attracted the top of several other film companies. You know, while the media are skeptical of you as a director, the top executives of Hollywood's big six studios don't trust the newspapers. The parent company behind them is the media, and of course they know how much moisture will be contained in the words of these media. ”

I don't know if it was the fool inside Warner Bros. who spread the news that you were going to hold a test screening of the new film at Warner Bros., but the executives of the other five film companies and the bosses of several second-tier film companies that had a good relationship with Warner Bros. came in person. Due to the pressure, Warner Bros. had no choice but to invite them in for a fight. ”

The Grandmaster whispered quietly on his face: "Doug, these high-level executives of film companies are here, doesn't that mean that my film can get a pretty good profit distribution ratio?" ”

Doug. Johnson smiled and nodded......

Hollywood attaches far more importance to distribution channels than Dahua in China, so in addition to the films produced by the six major Hollywood studios themselves, as long as the films produced by other companies want to be distributed through the distribution channels of the six major companies, then they must accept harsh exploitation.

Generally speaking, if a film wants to be distributed through the distribution channels of the six major film companies, then the cost is basically the same.

The first is the 15% distribution commission. This commission is a pure commission, which is 15% of the film's total box office revenue in North America and other film markets outside of Dahua.

In other words, if the total global box office of the Grandmaster's "Forrest Gump" is $1 billion, and Dahua's box office is $500 million, then after deducting Dahua's $500 million box office, the remaining $500 million will be released through Warner Bros. distribution channels. Well, Warner Bros. can deduct 15% directly from the $500 million, which is $75 million.

This 15% issuance commission is the so-called "channel fee".

In addition, in addition to the distribution commission, there are also the so-called distribution costs, which usually refer to the cost of copy and printing, the trial screening and public relations of the film, the cost of warehousing and transportation, the cost of capital recovery, the cost of film investigation, the cost of secret inspection of the box office of the theater, various publicity costs, etc., etc., all of which add up to the so-called distribution costs.

This is more than the cost is paid in advance by the distribution company, and once the box office is recovered, it must also be deducted from the box office of the movie first.

Generally speaking, the distribution commission and distribution costs together can account for about 20%-25% of the total box office of a film in other film markets except for the Dahua box office.

In other words, the producer takes the risk of investing and producing the film, and then hands it over to a large studio like Warner Bros. for distribution, and the final remuneration is only about 25%-30% of the box office.

The distribution company almost does not have to take any risks, and once it does the publicity and distribution work, it can get about 20% of the total box office!

It can be seen from this that a big film company with perfect distribution channels is so black!

But the producer has no choice, who will let the family pinch the distribution channel?

If you love to let me publish, let me publish, if you don't let me publish, I won't beg you, see who can bear it?

Of course, these situations are for general films, if the distributor encounters an extremely promising film, or when there are many distributors rushing for a movie, they will also appropriately reduce some of the commission ratio to attract good films for them to release.

These big distributors have extremely complete distribution review systems, just like the preview screening held today is the first step in this review system.

Whether the Grandmaster's film has the possibility of a box office hit or a box office decline, the test screening will be the first touchstone. After the preview screening, the moderators of these distributors will budget the film specifically for the market, and then the distributor will decide whether to release your film.

In other words, if your movie has great potential, if it doesn't have potential, even if you pay for it, people won't release it.

However, for "Forrest Gump", the grandmaster is still full of confidence, so of course he will be happy to see so many publishers rushing to come!

Only when there is competition will you get greater benefits!