It is not easy to get the revenue share of "Death Island" in North America, according to the contract signed between Duke and Warner Bros., the latter will pay off within half a year of the film, compared to Lucasfilm's Twentieth Century Fox to pay the share of "Life and Death", this time seems to be a long time, but it is actually the most normal situation in Hollywood.

As a director, Duke can't always ask Lucasfilm and George Lucas for help, and Warner Bros. may not buy Lucasfilm's account, and frankly, half a year is almost the shortest time Nancy can get to settle the bill.

According to Hollywood's practice, the settlement of the film's investment share is very troublesome, and it drags on for several years, except for the court, there is no place to complain, and even many companies that invest in the film often do not receive the due share after suffering until the company goes bankrupt.

As for directors, if the production company does not want to continue working together, the remuneration that should be paid is often delayed for a long time, as Michael Bay and Peter Jackson have experienced in the past.

Fortunately, Duke threw out a piece of bait early, which also proved that he has the strength to turn the bait into a big fish, Warner Bros. is promoting the preliminary investigation of the "Independence Day" project, and the two sides will cooperate in the future.

Even if Duke hires a team of professional lawyers and accountants to supervise it, it cannot fully guarantee the authenticity of the final overseas earnings, and can only control them within a small range.

Compared with overseas, North America can be subject to stricter regulation, and shortly after "Death Island" was released, Duke's accountants, Rock Studios and Warner Bros. sent the account details at the same time.

The accounts are so clear that even someone like Duke who doesn't know much about finances can see it.

The North American box office of "Death Island" totaled $157.52 million, and according to the signed distribution agreement, Warner Bros. received a total of $76.5 million in North American box office revenue after the theater company deducted fixed expenses such as taxes and fees.

Although Warner Bros. used the tax refund quota on "Death Island" and received a total of $2.8 million in tax rebates, according to the agreement, this part of the money is not included in the film's revenue, and the film's $3.5 million in advertising money from manufacturers such as Hummer and Ferrari is counted as revenue.

In this way, the film had $80 million in revenue, and Warner Bros. took 10% of the North American box office as a distribution commission, and deducted $15 million in publicity expenses, leaving $49.25 million in this part of the fund.

Among them, 870,000 US dollars worth of equipment and props burned by the fire will be deducted, and the remaining salaries of the cast and crew will be paid and other expenses such as other industry associations, with a balance of 45 million US dollars.

This time, companies like Lucasfilm will also take a cut, including Duke's Duke Studios, Warner Bros. and AUG Film Investment Fund, and other investors, can enjoy their due share according to their respective investment proportions.

Duke's Duke Studios occupies one-fifth of the cost of production, and will be able to share $9 million in the future, although he will have to pay taxes, but it also gives him hope that he will be able to pay off his mother's loan with the film's share of the revenue in North America alone.

After "Death Island" was removed from North America, Warner Bros. was negotiating with Pepsi, the largest videotape chain in North America, about a basic transfer fee for videotapes and a commission on rental sales, the latter being a long-term income that had little to do with Duke Studios, and the former reached an agreement on the figure of $8.5 million after four rounds of negotiations.

Then there is the North American television broadcast rights, which is also where Duke Studios can enjoy a share, a base transfer fee of $6.5 million, which is also in line with the box office and value of the film.

Warner Bros. can take a cut of the long-term income of both, while Duke's studio only signs a short-term revenue share, from which it can receive $3 million!

In this way, Duke Studios will receive $12 million in revenue after six months, but $1.2 million of that will need to be paid to Nancy Josephson and the team of lawyers and accountants, each of whom will receive 5% of the income from Duke Studios' investment in Death Island.

If there is no agent, Duke will have to personally negotiate with major companies, not to consider the filming of the film, and the supervision and audit role of the professional lawyer and accountant team is also indispensable, and capital has no conscience at all.

When these revenues are still in the future, it would be nice for Warner Bros. to pay them off before 1994, and as for overseas revenue sharing, it will be a matter of waiting.

After paying attention to the expected income, Duke returned to a relaxed state, leaving his work and new film projects to Nancy, who had been nervous for the past two years, and if he continued to maintain it, he might break down one day.

Even, after his mother returned to Los Angeles from her New York business, Duke temporarily moved back to his home in Santa Monica.

"Remember what you mentioned about Victoria's Secret?"

Over dinner, Mrs. Leah suddenly mentioned something that Duke had almost forgotten, "Santa Fea has made a detailed publicity plan, and Victoria's Secret management has basically agreed with our plan, if nothing else, next year's Super Bowl halftime show will be a lingerie catwalk." ”

"If you have time." Duke was intrigued, "I can go and see it then." ”

It seems that the most famous angels are still little Lori, right?

After a few more words with his mother, Duke learned that the finale models would be Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, and that in this era, the five most famous models are still the top five.

"Next month, I'm going to go to Israel."

When she put down her knife and fork, Lady Leah said, "If you have time, take care of the house over here." ”

"I know, Mom." Duke followed his mother and stood up, "Stay safe. ”

He had the impression that Israel was a war-torn place, and terrorists would rush out at any time to use it as a suicide bomber.

After thinking about it, Duke simply said, "Mom, if you are not busy with work by then, I will accompany you." ”

Knowing Duke's dedication to his work, and knowing that his new film project was progressing, Lady Leah waved her hand casually, obviously not taking it seriously, and went straight out of the villa and went for a walk along the promenade.

The phone rang suddenly, Duke took it, pressed the answer button, but it was Naomi Watts.

"Hey, Duke, it's been a long time."

Her voice was vaguely soft and sweet, and Duke remembered that he hadn't seen this Australian actress for a long time, and asked, "yes, it's been a long time, Nami, what have you been up to lately?" ”

"I ...... I've moved! The voice on the other side hesitated for a moment, and continued, "I just wanted to call you to let you know." ”

"Oh, where did you move?" Duke asked duly.

"The periphery of Beverly Hills." There was some noise from the earpiece, Duke changed his hand, and Naomi Watts said to herself, "I rented a detached house. ”

Naomi Watts is also considered to have opened up the situation in Hollywood, stars are not as easy to do as they seem on the surface, what kind of status must have a matching outfit and residence, especially for actresses, image is more important, the cost of this is definitely a huge amount of money, and there are even many stars who have just become famous to borrow money for this.

"How did you move there?"

If Hollywood is a big dye vat, then Beverly Hills, as a Hollywood star enclave, can be called the epitome of it.

"Mary's building, Nancy helped me with the formalities."

As if afraid that Duke wouldn't understand, she explained, "Mary is Nicole Kidman, and she suggested that we live closer to each other and take good care of each other." ”

"Respond?" Duke pouted.

Now Naomi Watts's status and fame in the circle are far inferior to Nicole Kidman, a weak and strong match, the two sides can still get along, if one day Naomi Watts rises rapidly and has a competitive relationship with Nicole Kidman, the sisterhood between the two will inevitably disappear as it once was.

Relatively speaking, even if there is competition between male actors, most of them will not completely tear their faces, but actresses are different, perhaps because of women's nature, if there is a situation of direct or even indirect competition, in private it is definitely a situation where they can't wait to draw a knife and see blood.

Of course, this also has something to do with the shorter shelf life of actresses and the narrower path in Hollywood, after all, even in the past two decades, this circle is still a world of masculinity.

Compared to Nicole Kidman, Duke is more of an outsider, and has only a very simple meat with Naomi Watts. body relationship, not stupid enough to say anything, but when the other party tentatively asked if they could have supper together, they answered.

Leaving a note for his mother, Duke drove out of Santa Monica and headed straight to the west side of Beverly Hills, a relationship that was free from the pressures of emotion and responsibility was the best way for him to relax.

This weak woman is far less powerful than Shania Towne, but she also has her own charm, especially when Duke presses her under her body, and when she pleads bitterly, she always stimulates more impulses and desires. hope, and even want to crush her.

Although Naomi Watts is not particularly good at bed. companion, but during the time when Duke was waiting for news from Nancy, he would appear in her apartment from time to time, and occasionally meet friends in her circle, who did not have any strange colors, perhaps in their opinion, Naomi Watts can get the heaviest female role in "Death Island", and Duke, the director, must have something to do with it.

On one occasion, Duke met Nicole Kidman, and the two did not have a deep relationship, and they only laughed it off.

Time slowly flickered to August, and when "Into the Dead Island" exceeded $320 million at the global box office, there was good news from Nancy's side.

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