Chapter 134: Dividing Accounts
"Riding the Wind and Waves" was released for 28 days and was officially released.
However, it is not easy to get the revenue share of "Riding the Wind and Waves" as soon as possible.
Especially Bai Xiaofei's share!
According to the contract signed at the beginning, Yongsheng will pay off the director's share within half a year of the film.
Compared with the one-month arrival of "Knocking on Heaven's Door", this time seems to be a long time, but it is actually the most normal situation in the industry.
According to the usual practice, the settlement of the film's investment share is very troublesome, and it drags on for several years or something, except for the court, there is no place to complain, and even many companies that invest in the film have worked hard until the company goes bankrupt, and often cannot receive the due share.
As for the director, if the production company does not want to continue to cooperate, the remuneration that should be paid is often delayed for a long time.
Even Lao Zhang has encountered this situation!
Fortunately, Bai Xiaofei threw out a piece of bait early, which also proved that he had the strength to turn the bait into a big fish!
The official mobile game of "Wulin Gaiden" was officially launched in the New Year, on the first day of launch, the number of online people directly crowded the server, and now a month has passed, fifteen new districts have been added, and the monthly turnover has reached 30 million yuan!
According to the industry's predictions, the vitality of the mobile game "Wulin Gaiden" can be at least three to five years, and the preliminary prediction is that it can bring at least more than 200 million revenues!
And that's just the mobile game...
Yongsheng is promoting the stage plays, dramas and other projects of "Wulin Gaiden", and the two sides will cooperate in the future.
As long as there is cooperation, there is not much problem with the on-time payment of the shares!
It's just that in other aspects, such as TV copyright and network income, Yongsheng may do something, but it will also be controlled within the range that Bai Xiaofei can bear.
There is really no way about this, even if Bai Xiaofei hires a professional team of lawyers and accountants to supervise, it cannot fully guarantee the authenticity of the final peripheral income, and there can only be a vague concept.
Generally, there will be open bidding on several video websites for the online copyright of a well-sold film.
With the current influence of "Riding the Wind and Waves", it shouldn't be a problem to sell 50 million!
By the way, the most expensive movie at the moment is "Monster Hunt", which sold for 60 million...
These are all mainland income, and "Riding the Wind and Waves" will also be exported to more than 30 overseas countries, and this overseas income basically has nothing to do with Bai Xiaofei.
Not much, after all, the overseas income of Chinese films is not very good, especially the urban genre...
Compared with overseas, the mainland can be subject to stricter supervision, and "Riding the Wind and Waves" was only lowered, and the accountants of Bai Xiaofei's studio and Yongsheng checked the account details.
The accounts are very clear, even people like Bai Xiaofei who don't know much about finances can understand it.
The mainland box office of "Riding the Wind and Waves" totaled 1.8886 billion, and according to the signed line agreement, after deducting fixed expenses such as taxes and fees, the theater company, as the distributor, received a total of 730 million mainland box office shares.
The production cost of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is 68 million, and advertising placement and the like are included in the revenue.
During the release of the movie, there will be advertisements in the theaters, which is called pre-screening advertisements for the movie, generally speaking, the better the film, the more patch advertisements will come to the door, and the theaters will divide 40% of the revenue from this part of the movie, and the rest will be owned by the producer.
The patch advertisement of "Riding the Wind and Waves" sold almost 40 million, and the producer was able to share more than 20 million.
In this way, the revenue of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is close to 800 million!
Generally speaking, the theater chain will remit the money to the distributor in three installments, but for big-selling movies, there will still be exceptions, basically on the third day of the film's release, the account sharing has already arrived!
The distributor, that is, Yongsheng, after getting this money, first settled the 38 million publicity and distribution fees advanced by Bai Xiaofei's studio, and then paid 15% of the box office revenue.
Fifteen percent is 120 million, and after deducting 20 percent of taxes, there are still 100 million left!
Of course, it can be called a big profit, but compared with Yongsheng's net profit of nearly 600 million, Chen Baolian is a little red-eyed.
If only I had been fighting for it again!
Yongsheng was also a little annoyed, thinking that it would be good if they kicked Bai Xiaofei's studio away!
No one expected that the box office of "Riding the Wind and Waves" would reach this level.
Gu Nianxi regrets it now, especially Bai Xiaofei's director's sharing clause in black and white.
First of all, Bai Xiaofei's share is not calculated based on revenue, it is aimed at the overall box office, according to the sharing agreement, Xiaobai can get 10% of the total box office share, that is, 188.6 million!
Of course, this money has to be deducted from Yongsheng's earnings.
As a result, 800 million has already been divided into nearly 340 million before it is hot...
The investment of 68 million yuan has been exchanged for more than 400 million yuan, not including the income of its cinema chain, which is already the most cost-effective deal.
You must know that although the box office of "Kung Fu Yoga" in the Spring Festival file exceeded 1.7 billion, its cost exceeded 400 million, in addition to the eldest brother's salary accounting for 20 percent, the most important thing is that "Kung Fu Yoga" was filmed all over the world, especially the drag racing scene inside, almost gathering the world's most luxurious sports cars, Lamborghini, Bugatti Veyron, Bentley... As many as 70 vehicles, and also borrowed the world's only luxury car Devel Sixteen...
Coupled with the overwhelming publicity, this is a real RMB!
Its producer can only guarantee that it will not lose money at most, and as for the income, it depends on the surroundings, however, with the international influence of Big Brother Cheng, "Kung Fu Yoga" can still make a lot of money, but compared to "Riding the Wind and Waves", it is definitely not so obvious!
In such a comparison, Gu Nianxi wanted to die even more.
Hell, why didn't you just pay the director's salary of 50 million at once!
Because the cooperation with Yongsheng has been temporarily terminated in the film, Xiaobai is ready for a protracted war, anyway, Gu Nianxi can't keep dragging it out, it's really not good, let's see you in the court!
Unexpectedly, the latter was quite straightforward and paid Xiaobai's share at one time.
Do you still want to get back together and make another profit?
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When I received my own money, the first thing I did was to take out 10% of it and give it to Chen Baolian, so that she could send it to the studio according to her job level, which was considered a reward, and of course, she did not forget to give a reward to the entire shooting team.
A successful film is by no means the work of a single director, it requires the collaboration of a whole team!
Without the full cooperation of the studio, Xiaobai would not have had the time to think about the filming and production of the film, and just having a fight with Yongsheng was enough to exhaust him!
The role of professional lawyers and accountants in supervising and auditing is also indispensable, and capital has never had a conscience to speak of.
The film crew has been a long-time partner and is certainly eligible for dividends.
In fact, Yongsheng and Bai Xiaofei's studio have already rewarded the entire team when "Riding the Wind and Waves" was a big hit at the box office, and this time it belongs to Bai Xiaofei's personal reward!
In addition to this income, Bai Xiaofei's studio participated in the production of "Wolf Warrior 2", and it smashed 60 million at once!
In addition, there is the purchase of professional equipment, some of which are tens of millions gone.
Chen Baolian is about to cry...