No matter which market it is, the box office produced by the summer season can account for 35% to 40% of the total box office of the year, which is a battleground for soldiers, so no matter how cruel the external environment is, no company will take the initiative to give up.

Therefore, even with the Internet bubble in front of the epidemic, people's desire to consume plummeted, but the major Hollywood companies still took the lead and pushed the prepared projects to the market as planned.

First of all, "Gladiator", which was released on May 5, won 34.81 million at the box office in the first three days of the first weekend.

Just look at the data, eh!

People's consumption levels are okay.

But look at the big plate, grass!

A movie equals the entire market.

Because "Extreme Jordan", which was also released on the same day, only received 578,000 in three days on the first weekend.

Although this is a documentary about Jordan's legendary experience in the playoffs in '98, from a sensory point of view, it can't bring greater expectations to fans, but Jordan's "Slam Dunk in the Sky" in '96 was a box office of 230 million!

So bad movies can sell out just in the name of Jordan, so now that Mosaic League has launched a more realistic IQ tax that re-edited those pictures that were not included in the broadcast, and used stunts to make it, why is no one buying it?

Is it because the clansmen have no money?

This is easy to do!

Promote the African-American compensation bill and claim 14 trillion yuan from the federal government!

If one person gets 350,000 yuan, won't the money come?

If the comparison between "Gladiator" and "Extreme Jordan" is not obvious, then the next movie will perfectly interpret what it means for people to have no money in their pockets - on May 12, "Earth Battlefield" was released, and it earned 11.54 million in the first weekend, but everyone knows that this achievement is full of water, because "Earth Battlefield" is adapted from "Post-Apocalyptic History" published in 82, the author is Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, and the starring role is the fanatic John Travolta.

This rotten movie is only watched by their own people, so ......

When those devout believers watched it, the box office fell like an electronics factory that was rudely dumped.

Direct explosion.

By May 19, the cartoon "Dinosaurs", which harvested children's wallets, and the poop, pee, and fart comedy "Hala on the Road", which harvested young people's wallets, pushed the box office market to more than 60 million, but compared with "Mission Impossible 2", which harvested 57.84 million in the first weekend, their results are really not enough to watch.

"Shanghai Noon", which was released later, received 15.6 million in three days;

"Undercover Fat Mother", which received 25.66 million in the first weekend;

Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie's "Sixty Seconds of Rush", 25.33 million;

The future director of S.H.I.E.L.D., took the lead in "Killing Police", 21.71 million.

In this case, "Frozen Planet" got 9.37 million in three days, which is actually a good result.

Because in the case of an economic downturn, that's winner-takes-all.

If it is said that when people had money in their pockets before, one movie a week was the norm of entertainment, if the movie starring B-list was well announced, the box office could hit 30 million in the first weekend, and the movie starring A-list could basically hit 450 million, then now, after the people have no money in their pockets, the data of B-list will drop instantly, and the data of A-list will skyrocket wildly, which is normal.

Because the vast majority of the audience has no goals, following the big names is their consumption habits.

In this way, it is only after the low tide that you know who is swimming.

Only the real big names can absorb the most box office.

The remaining stars who are half a bucket of water dangling, even if they do the flower work that starts to tear up on the night of the group, the results are just like that.

In the past, how could there be two or three movies with a box office of more than 200 million in North America in the summer file, such as "Men in Black" and "Jurassic Park 2" in 97, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Peerless Tribulation" in 98, and "The Threat of Ghosts", "The Sixth Sense", and "Ace Cheap Spy 2" in 99, but now, "Mission Impossible 2" can break 200 million, which is already the best result.

After that, the upcoming "Perfect Storm", "Screaming Laughter" and "Danger" have no possibility of hitting 200 million.

But despite the general trend, "Frozen Planet" invested 75 million and is not expected to exceed 50 million at the box office, which also made Fox feel the pain of the referee who was hit by Djokovic with a tennis ball.

Before, they had already given up the idea of making their own animations and were ready to outsource, but now......

Since Roland wants Blue Sky Studios, take it!

Such a garbage outsourcing achievement made Fox not want to continue to invest at all, so when the blue sky studio that lifted the ban approached Warcraft Film and Television, the negotiations on the acquisition were finalized quickly.

…………

"Are you willing to sell 50 percent of your equity for 47 million yuan and give up the copyright and distribution rights of the company's works for the next eight years in exchange for creative freedom?" It was Evelyn Watson who was in charge of the negotiations.

"Yes, the production investment is not less than 80 million, and there are no more than two projects in the same period."

Chris Welch, founder of Blue Sky Studios, nodded.

In the case of animation studios like Pixar and DreamWorks, when negotiating with the management, it is how much is the five-year budget, and then let the management squat aside and wait for the result to be finished, but for the blue sky with no achievements, the waist pole cannot be stiffened at all.

The average investment of 40 million per project is already a bold result, after all......

The "Toy Story" produced by his friend Pixar is only 30 million.

However, just when Chris Wedge looked at Evelyn Watson cautiously, hoping that the other party would not be angry because of his greed, Evelyn Watson, who had never been involved in projects below 100 million yuan, nodded directly and said, "Yes." ”

Not only that, but it also talked directly about revenue sharing.

"Twenty percent of the total box office is Blue Sky Studios' revenue, is there a problem?"

‘What？ ’

This result made Chris Weiqi overjoyed, and he quickly nodded: "No problem." ”

"Okay, sign the letter of intent first." Evelyn Watson didn't talk nonsense, "I'll ask the lawyer to draw up the contract, and you will sign it next week." ”

Hollywood's films for global distribution, after deducting the taxes of various countries and the commission of the theater chain, can generally get 38% to 50% of the global box office, and the reason why it will be so big is purely because of the negotiation of the North American Theater Alliance, some films can get 70% of the box office share from the North American Theater Alliance, and some films can only get 50%, so that in the case of little change in overseas standards, the smaller the strength of the producer, the more unable to survive.

After that, the distributor will take away 10% according to the convention, so what the producer can get in the end is only 28 to 40, and under this algorithm, giving 20% to Blue Sky is already a very generous decision.

Because Blue Sky Studio doesn't have to take risks, production funds don't have to come out, publicity and distribution don't have to care, just bury your head in animation.

Of course, although it is given 20, only 10% of it really belongs to the production team.

No way, who let 50% of the equity of Blue Sky Studio belong to Warcraft Film and Television?

And after signing the letter of intent, Chris Waige did not leave directly, but rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "That ......"

"Any questions?" Evelyn Watson, who was about to pack up her papers, stopped what she was doing.

"There are ......"

It seems that he doesn't want to take up his boss's time, but more like he is eager to get investment, so Chris Witch didn't ink and pulled out a project proposal directly from the handbag he was carrying.

"We have already finished the Frozen Planet that Fox gave us, and during the period of no communication bound by the contract, we also came up with a new project, which is a story about animals that lived in the Ice Age......"

When Chris Witch took out the project book, he felt a little apprehensive in his heart.

Because it is taboo in the industry to talk about the project before the acquisition contract is officially signed.

If the idea is not satisfactory, then the acquirer may really feel that he has seen the wrong eye and withdraw the offer.

In this way, it is equivalent to a boiled duck that flies away.

But after Evelyn Watson simply flipped through the creative book, the casual answer made Chris Weiqi even more surprised.

"Oh? Got a project? Is the contract ready? ”

"Not ...... yet"

"Then let's go and prepare, and sign it next week."

"Huh?" The unexpected result made Chris Waich raise his eyebrows, and in the next second, joy spread all over his face, "Okay, good ......"

Although Chris Witch used to be the chief artist of Disney, it is precisely because he has been in the Sixth National Congress that he understands how difficult the project budget is, first report to the headquarters, after a round of internal PK, after the win, it can be submitted to the green light committee of the headquarters, and after the approval of the review department, they will also hand over the standard score according to the market evaluation to the content president, who will determine whether they can get money for the project.

In this process, if there is a guy who looks at you unpleasantly, he deliberately jams you.

That's it, and the project you mentioned may be yellow.

Such a bureaucratic style is the root of their dislike of the Big Six, and now......

It smells so good!

Because of this, when Chris Waige left, the uncontrollable happiness was naturally seen by Evelyn Watson, although she understood why this guy was excited, but she really wanted to say -

"It's not that the company is optimistic about you, it's that you're too small......"

That's right! After Evelyn Watson took over Warcraft Films, "Ice Age" was the smallest project she handled, and compared with the kind of series with back-to-back triple shoots and a budget of 300 million, "Ice Age" is really not enough to watch.

How do you need to pay attention to a project that can't even be organized by public funds?

I can't pay attention!

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When News Corp. learned that Warcraft Film and Television had no movement after swallowing Blue Sky Studio, they were also relieved, because compared with the animation industry, the restructuring of the company that is currently operating is more important.

At the end of last year, they were accused by the British media of tax evasion and tax evasion of 140 million, although the other party did not come up with actual evidence, but no one wanted to be entangled in this kind of, so the tabloid king who wanted to move the company from Australia to the United States began the journey of splitting up the company.

However, although Roland Allen has not moved, News Corp still did not take it lightly, and secretly made an offer to IGN and Rotten Tomatoes, wanting to receive these two bean sprouts that are rising well first.

This behavior naturally attracted the attention of peers, but unfortunately, no one can interfere with News Corp's layout of the Internet now, because Disney has just failed to enter the Internet, Time Warner is still arguing with AOL, Viacom is trying to digest CBS, and Comcast is trying to acquire AT and T broadband, so ......

This group of capitalists who are determined to kill thieves and have no power to return to heaven will stab the matter to Roland Allen.

Although IMDb has been sold to Amazon by you, the problem is that you are still the second largest shareholder of Amazon!

So, after seeing the momentum of Rotten Tomatoes, don't you have a sense of urgency?

As the kings of arch fire, they did not call Roland directly, but through business cooperation, with Time Warner, Disney, and Paramount wanting to sell films on Amazon and open official stores, they showed the worry that IMDb's influence in the future may be surpassed by Rotten Tomatoes, and at the same time, they also intentionally or unintentionally leaked the news that News Corp is docking with Rotten Tomatoes, and may enter the e-commerce industry in the future.

As a result, when Roland, who was in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, inexplicably took the mobile phone handed by his assistant, he was confused, and when he listened to David Olsen's relays and understood Jeff Bezos's nervousness, he was even more speechless while holding the drawing board, "News Corp wants to do e-commerce? ”

"What a joke!"

"Now that the whole world knows that the Internet bubble has collapsed, and the market value of those Internet companies has been cut in half, as a listed company that needs to be responsible to all shareholders, where do they dare to test the water with their own stock price?"

"Don't worry Jeff, News Corp is definitely not going to attack Amazon."

"They collect [www.biquku.biz] Rotten Tomatoes because they want to expand their media territory."

"Does it affect us?"

"Of course there is, but it doesn't have much impact, so don't pay too much attention."

"Yes, you just reply to him, if he is still not at ease, you ask him, what fool would take the initiative to attack Warren Buffett's people? I'm still down to business, I'll see you later, bye ......."

'Smack! ’

Roland hung up the phone cleanly.

After throwing the phone back to his assistant, he continued to look ahead as he held up his sketchpad.

At this moment, Kate is standing on the observation deck on the second floor of Fisherman's Bastion, the gray two-story building and the white wedding dress form a sharp layered contrast, and the spire of the neo-Gothic and neo-Romance style is the best background.

Because of their existence, Kate, who stood under the tower and looked at the Danube, became a lookout stone.

In the golden glow of the sunset, silently waiting for the love that belongs to him.

That's right, Roland and David are talking about the right thing, which is to paint their own stinky mother-in-law.

As for why you want to paint?

It's just my wife's task.