After a long period of screenings, "Independence Day" is still climbing tenaciously, although the box office growth rate has become extremely slow.

In North America, the scale of the film's screening was reduced to 211, and the box office accumulated $339.77 million, continuing to struggle and stubbornly move towards the $350 million mark.

Overseas, with the film landing in the last few major markets, the overseas box office finally broke through the $400 million mark, and the global box office totaled $742.15 million, surpassing $800 million, and winning the second place in the total box office in film history is just around the corner.

Yes, there is only one opponent in front of the global box office of "Independence Day", Steven? Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", which not only surpassed the $900 million mark at the global box office, but also was screened in some remote overseas areas, constantly increasing the number one box office record in film history.

"Independence Day" wants to catch up with "Jurassic Park", which can be said to be a very difficult task.

However, even with the current box office results, coupled with the successive successes of the previous "Speed of Life and Death" and "Brave Island", Duke already has the qualifications to stand in Hollywood's high-rise buildings, and the proposed construction will also get a certain amount of attention.

In Nancy? Josephson contacted Walt Disney several times, and after reaching some consensus in private, Walt Disney directly offered more than Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, and Duke also vaguely expressed his interest in cooperating with Mickey Mouse, and after careful consideration, Warner and Fox finally decided to absorb Disney's investment. It is a co-producer of three companies.

In October, the "Saving Private Ryan" project has been reviewed by three companies, just like "Independence Day". Although the script is one of the most basic conditions for making a film, it has little value in itself, and the three companies were able to complete the pre-screening and preliminary investigation as quickly as possible in the program, and the most important thing was the director who led the project and his track record.

The completion of the review means that "Saving Private Ryan" can be approved at any time, but before that, plus Nancy, who represents Duke? Josephson. First of all, the Quartet should negotiate the issue of the distribution of benefits.

At the end of the day, everything else is false. Interests are the basis for several parties to come together and cooperate.

After nearly a week of wrangling, the three companies finally agreed on an investment allocation, with the film's production cost budgeted at $80 million, of which Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox each accounted for $30 million. Walt Disney exclusively enjoys the remaining $20 million invested.

At the same time, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox served as the overseas and North American distributors of the film, respectively, and Walt Disney did not have the distribution rights.

As for whether the three companies settled the investment through guò financing or other means, and how the benefits involved were distributed, it was none of Duke's concerns.

What he cares about is his director's salary!

A lot of time has been wasted on this week's, Nancy? Josephson's $20 million base remuneration plus 25 percent of the film's total revenue share for Duke is indeed frighteningly high. Investors will certainly not agree.

Of course, the current Duke is not the Duke before "Independence Day", and the salary negotiations are basically based on $100,000 and 0.1 percent. In the end, it was still a tiered sharing agreement.

His writers, directors and producers are paid $10 million on a basic basis, and his participation in projects is no longer limited to the box office, but also to the peripherals.

At the box office, $150 million is the base of the split. Josephson is in a strong bid to make the film $150 million at the global box office. Duke will receive a 2 percent share of the box office, increasing $250 million to 5 percent. $350 million is 10 percent, $450 million is 15 percent, and $600 million is 20 percent.

Although the 20 percent share is capped, the film grosses more than $600 million worldwide, and the producers will pay Duke an additional $5 million.

The periphery has always been a forbidden area for film companies, unless top actors and directors, they definitely don't want to share, unlike box office sharing, peripheral sharing generally has limited income in the short term, but it is a long-term meal ticket.

As long as the film can still bring income, the person who enjoys the share will continue to receive income, and even after his death, he can be designated as an inheritance to others.

Periphery, Nancy? Josephson secured a six-percent share agreement for Duke, and while the percentage may not seem like much, it's not a profit share, it's a total revenue share around the film!

There may be a gap between this director's agreement and Spielberg's director's contract on "Jurassic Park", but it is definitely the top remuneration contract in Hollywood.

You know, just last month, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures teamed up with James? Cameron signed a directing contract, and the base remuneration for Tyrant's new project on the set was only $8.5 million, and the box office share was only 15 percent, and it was not a share of the total box office revenue, but a share of the box office profits.

Duke and James? Cameron's two directorial contracts directly reflect the achievements of their most recent works, Hollywood directors' biggest capital is commercial results, compared to the huge investment, the box office of "True Lies" is not outstanding, and Cameron's new film once again shouted hundreds of millions of dollars in production costs, which caused his personal remuneration to decline.

Again, this is one of the reasons why Twentieth Century Fox agreed to Walt Disney's participation in a new Duke project, James? Cameron's ship required a bit of a high investment, and even if it could be financed, Twentieth Century Fox would still be struggling.

Originally, Duke heard about James? Cameron's new project is about to start, and he considered whether to wait for the share of "Independence Day" to arrive, and then give up.

The final investment of the big ship is really terrifying, and he can't even see the splash when he throws in the little share he can get, and it's only 1994, when will the film be released? End of 1997!

When the film is over and gets a share, it is likely to be delayed until 1999, and such a large amount of money will be pressed on a project with little to no say for a long time, even if Duke knows almost nothing about finance, he knows that it is definitely not a wise choice.

According to the agreement, Duke's team members will all join the crew and take on their respective positions. Coppola ceased to be an assistant director and became one of the film's assistant directors and executive producers.

Her goal was not to work as an assistant to Duke for a long time, but to transform into a real film director after a certain amount of accumulation.

Next, Duke needs to hire a personal assistant to replace Sophia? Coppola's position, along with the search for the right head of PR, was simply thrown to Sofia to deal with.

In mid-October, "Saving Private Ryan" was officially launched, and Duke was inevitably present at some necessary promotional activities while communicating with the producers about the preliminary work of the film, after all, the investment in the film is here, and the real genre is still a commercial film.

Then, with the establishment of D-Day Studio, which is a shell company, Duke's focus has completely shifted to preliminary preparations.

"Duke,"

Thanks to Jon? Landau going with James? Cameron's partner, Fox sent a new maker named Lynch, "Twentieth Century Fox's $10 million upfront capital has been on the books of AIA. ”

"The first tranches of funds from Warner Bros. and Walt Disney have also arrived."

The person who spoke was Charles? Rowan, who continues to serve as the film's first production manager, "We had enough upfront start-up capital. ”

Hearing these words, the financial officer of AIA, who was sitting at the end of the conference table, nodded, but did not say anything, as a third party, his most important job is to supervise, not to propose.

"That's good."

Duke sat at the head of the conference table, his eyes sweeping over the crowd, "We now discuss the priorities for the next step. ”

In the past two consecutive films, Duke used a team, and said hello in advance, and it turned out that there would be a better income and future with him, and after the invitation from D-Day Studios, these behind-the-scenes personnel such as lighting, props, sets, and art directors who were more familiar with the cooperation were almost in place as quickly as possible.

"Jos......" Duke's gaze turned to the head of the pyrotechnic team, "this is a documentary World War II film, and we have to abandon those exaggerated explosions. ”

"I understand." Jose? William immediately said, "My men are working on World War II weapons and explosives, and they will definitely give you satisfactory results." ”

"Robin, you have built a few locations, I think Ireland is more suitable."

There's no way around it, the other day, Robin? Grande called the British government, who refused the request to send an army to assist in the filming, while the Irish government promised to provide the crew with a force of about 800 people to assist in the filming if the crew's handymen hired locals.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Ireland, which is relatively economically difficult, needs thousands of jobs that may be brought by the crew, while the Kingdom of Great Britain has never sold much Hollywood face.

"Chris......" Duke said to one of the executive people, "you can set off and go to the military museums in Europe, I want two or three Tiger tanks, and if you can't find a prototype, go to Russia and buy two old tanks, and we will renovate them ourselves." ”

It is not too difficult for Hollywood professionals to make other types of tanks look like Tiger tanks.

Next, other people who have read the script will also put forward their own opinions, this kind of preparation will be originally to solve the problem, and the crew needs to do their best to reach a basic consensus and work in one direction.

"That's right, Duke."

Charles? Rowan asked, "Have you thought about the specific release date of the film?" ”

"What's the producer and distributor for?" Duke didn't answer, but asked. (To be continued)

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