Lin Yuquan is naturally excited for Xiao Yang, he did what he has been looking forward to for a long time, and made a great movie, and Lin Yuquan believes that Xiao Yang will definitely make better movies in the future, and more "Xiao Yang-style" movies.

Not only that, but what made Lin Yuquan feel excited was "Hurricane Rescue", thanks to the prosperity of the year-end schedule, "Hurricane Rescue" in the fourth week of release once again handed in a beautiful report card.

Not to mention the mainland box office, on the box office charts in North America, the box office champion this week is not the just-released "Alien vs. Predator 2" and "Loch Ness Monster: Legend of Deep Water", but "National Treasure 2: Treasure Hunt" in the second week of release, this week "National Treasure 2: Treasure Hunt" won $32.46 million with a drop of 27%, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was $121 million.

Followed by "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "I Am Legend" and "Hurricane Rescue", among which "Alvin and the Chipmunks" with the nature of family carnival, the box office did not fall but rose at the end of the year, an increase of 7.2%, this week with a harvest of $29.3 million, a cumulative box office of $139 million. "I Am Legend" fell 17.8% at the box office, grossing $27.5 million for the week and a cumulative box office of $191 million.

"Hurricane Rescue" fell 14.3% this week to earn $23.38 million, and the cumulative box office climbed to $262 million, officially surpassing "Spy 3" to squeeze into the sixth place of the year, and according to the current trend, there is a great possibility to break the 300 million mark, catching up with the $319 million of "Transformers" and the $309 million of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

It was followed by "Charlie's War" with $11.33 million, "Juno" with $10.5 million, "Alien vs. Predator 2" with $9.64 million, "Loch Ness Monster: Tales from Deep Water" with $9.04 million, "P.S. I Love You" with $8.95 million, and "Sweeney Todd" with $8.2 million.

Not only in North America and the mainland, but also in other places. "Hurricane Rescue" has maintained a good box office trend. In the end, the overall box office fell by 28.2% in a single week, and it closed another $98.36 million. The global box office has accumulated $691 million in four weeks, and the $700 million mark is close at hand.

Originally, "Hurricane Rescue" was expected to break through $700 million at the global box office, but it was unlikely that it would be $800 million, but because of the popularity of the global film market this week, "Hurricane Rescue" even had the possibility of hitting the global box office of $800 million.

In this regard, Lin Yuquan is naturally happy to see it, watching "Hurricane Rescue" create a new personal record every moment. It's a wonderful feeling.

With a happy mood, Lin Yuquan first finished the finale of the soundtrack of "Wild Story", and then devoted himself to the complicated special effects work of "Wild Story", in addition, he also had to participate in the casting and special effects planning of "Spartan 300 Warriors".

"Zach, you have a good idea, the extremely stylized visual effects composed of oil painting-like graphics and the action style of American comics will make the film show the bloody violence of the Spartan warriors to the fullest, bringing visual shock and enjoyment to all audiences, but this is not enough, in addition to the refreshing feeling. The war scene is too simple, which will make the audience tired, and there is no real cruelty of war in the era of cold weapons. In my opinion"

In an office of Summit Entertainment, Lin Yuquan and Zack. Schneider, head of the manufacturing department, Kevin. Durant enthusiastically discussed the film's special effects and action scenes.

"Bang bang." There was a knock on the door, and Chris. Anderson pushed the door in with a smile on his face: "Boss, excuse me, CAA called just now and said that they can provide a full set of actor and post-production services." ”

"They're moving fast enough, and as soon as we announced the audition for next Monday, they came to the door." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"It's natural, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that our film was definitely directed and scripted by Zach, and there has been no announcement of the production plan, they would have come to the door faster." Chris. Anderson said with a smile.

"What a horrible bunch of vampires, I don't like dealing with them." Kevin. Durant said in disgust.

"Kevin, no studio would like CAA, and I hate them too." Lin Yuquan smiled.

In fact, Lin Yuquan does not exclude cooperation with CAA (innovative artist agency), after all, CAA is the most powerful agency in Hollywood, especially in the field of film and television, more than 2/3 of Hollywood's first-line stars are signed under its banner, and the all-star lineup is as many as hundreds, if you add musicians, writers, etc., the total number of signed artists exceeds 1,000.

This includes Tom. Hanks, Tom. Cruise, Will. Smith, Blatter. Pitt and other super-first-class actors, as well as James. Cameron, Steven. Spielberg, David. Finch, Robert. Zemeris, Michael. Mann, Christopher. Nolan and other super-first-class directors, as well as very good producers, script writers, etc., have a complete range of categories and are well organized.

It can be said that if a Hollywood film company wants to invest in shooting a movie, from the script to the actors to the post-production of the film, CAA can provide a full set of one-stop services, and each position is a top candidate.

The Los Angeles Times' survey of the numbers is a tangible reflection of CAA's status in Hollywood, with CAA's director-signed films accounting for nearly half of the global box office, a figure that is the sum of the other three agencies closest to it combined. At the same time, in the past 10 years, CAA's artists have won the second to fifth WME in the brokerage industry in the 8 Oscars. Morris Brokerage), UTA (United Elite Brokerage), ICM (International Innovation Management), Endeavor (Endeavor Elite Brokerage) combined. So some media said, "There is CAA in Hollywood, and then there are other companies." ”

CAA can achieve such a large-scale influence in the entertainment industry, largely due to its unique business model, the overall bundle of operations, in CAA, the whole company's agents jointly represent an artist, resource information sharing, resource platform sharing, so that other agencies will face the competition will be the entire CAA, not a single star or artist.

This is also where Warner Bros., Disney, Fox and other movie giants all respect CAA, fear it, and hate it, because if you use CAA's director, the actor must also use it, and the screenwriter and producer can't refuse either, and even sometimes CAA also asks for a commission on film revenue, 10% commission doesn't seem like much, but for a blockbuster, it's completely like a lion's mouth, so some filmmakers complain that the cost of film production is rising. It's all because of the bundle of CAA.

In fact, if he is not the boss of the film company, with his rocket-like rise speed, he may have been absorbed by CAA as early as after the global popularity of "Huo Yuanjia", as an ordinary director or actor, CAA's system is really good, and it can help directors and actors win a lot of opportunities to direct or star in movies, but as the boss of a film company, he naturally has no good impression of CAA's operating system, not to mention the rising cost of production, which may also affect the quality of the film.

What makes Lin Yuquan happy is that after he came to Hollywood, the few movies shot by Summit Entertainment have little to do with CAA, so there is no need to worry about this series of problems, although Stallone is also an artist under CAA, but after all, he is not a starring actor, CAA's bundled sales mainly rely on big-name actors and directors, and it is a dominant time, if you play a supporting role or a second- or third-tier actor, naturally there is no such headache for the film company.

But this is only temporary, as there are more and more movies produced by Summit Entertainment, it is bound to have a lot to do with CAA, after all, the big-name directors and actors needed for the film are basically concentrated there.

"Yes, obviously, everyone in the studio hates CAA, so how do you reply to the boss?" Chris. Anderson asked.

"Naturally, according to the audition process, our "Spartan 300 Warriors" does not have to use any superstar." Lin Yuquan shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, although he could save trouble by packing the actor audition and handing it over to CAA, he preferred to audition and select the actor himself, and he really didn't find out who was playing the Spartan king Leo. Nida's best choice.

"Yes, without exception, we don't need anything Tom for our films. Cruise and Blatter. Peter. "Zach. Schneider echoed with a smile.

"Okay, got it, you go ahead." Chris. Anderson smiled, walked out of the office, and closed the door.

As an epic blockbuster that is said to have invested $100 million, the audition for "Spartan 300 Warriors" naturally caused huge waves in Hollywood, after all, although Hollywood is the place with the highest film investment in the world, with an annual output of more than 400 films, most of them are small and medium-cost films with an investment of less than $50 million, and there are not many A-grade large-scale productions of more than $80 million, and there are only a dozen films with an annual investment of more than 100 millionIn addition, large independent film companies such as New Line and Lionsgate occasionally add up to two or three, so the starring role of a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is full of temptation for Hollywood actors.

Especially for those superstars such as Tom. Cruise, Will. Smith, Blatter. Pete is even more so, their salaries are too high for ordinary movies to afford, and only blockbusters with an investment of hundreds of millions can keep their worth in the $20 million club.

For a while, the wind and grass were blowing, and the five major Hollywood agencies and countless actors registered with the Screen Actors Guild took action.

At the same time, the statistics of last year's movies around the world have basically come to fruition. (To be continued......) R1292