Letting go of the heart of the ocean that sealed the undead, and receiving the reward given by the crew, Charlotte left as Patrick Jane.

He is not worried that the crew of "Titanic" will hack the new "Heart of the Ocean".

You know, this gem that already belongs to him is actually used by him to seal the undead, and at the same time, he also added some spells to it.

If necessary, he could rely on the undead sealed in the gem to sneak the gem into his hands.

Now, he put "Heart of the Ocean" in the crew of "Titanic", in essence, the purpose is to hope that this gem can show its face a few more times in the movie.

In this way, when "Titanic" is released in the future, he can use this gem to attract the magic it has accumulated.

"As one of the top three grossing movies in the world in film history, "Titanic" may provide me with a lot of magic even if it is not a horror movie!"

Charlotte pondered in her heart.

Of course, no matter how much magic "Titanic" can provide, it will be in the future after all.

Now, it is "The Sixth Sense" that provides Charlotte with the most magic.

While Charlotte and Charlize were on vacation, the bizarre horror movie finally came to a close, and the North American box office eventually grew to $350 million before it was released.

This is a pretty good result.

Even if the box office revenue of "Independence Day", which was released in July, is very strong, from the current point of view, it may still have a box office gap of one or two million dollars with "The Sixth Sense".

"Congratulations!"

After Charlotte returned from vacation, she met Barry Mendel, who came to congratulate her.

"If there are no more perverted movies in the last four months of this year, then maybe you can win the North American box office of the year again!"

"I hope so!"

Charlotte smiled,

"Speaking of which, how is the box office in other countries?"

"It's also very good!"

As the person in charge of "The Sixth Sense" on the Warner side, Barry Mendel obviously got a lot of benefits from the hit of "The Sixth Sense". His whole person looked like he was smiling,

"The rest of the world is doing well at the box office. Although some markets can't be released due to policy reasons, overall, it's still very good. I don't think it should be a problem to reach the North American box office at the very least. ”

"In other words, the total global box office can reach at least $700 million?"

Charlotte slammed her mouth,

"It would be nice if it could be a little higher, to 800 million. ”

"That's not something we can control. ”

Barry Mendel sighed,

Actually, I'm coming to you this time mainly for another question. ”

"Constantine!?"

Charlotte asked.

"Yes. ”

Barry Mendel nodded,

"After consultation within our company, we have agreed in principle to your plan for the adaptation of "Constantine", and the power you need can be satisfied......"

"But what?"

Charlotte asked very directly,

"There must be corresponding conditions for this kind of thing, and it is impossible to do without "but", right?"

"You're right! but—"

Barry Mendel deliberately paused with an accent before continuing,

"The adaptation of 'Konstantin' wasn't in Warner's budget for 1996 or 1997, and we had a full schedule until early 1998, so—"

"You can't afford to pay for it?"

As soon as she heard the word "budget", Charlotte probably guessed what was going on.

"Is there no production cost to provide at all, or is there a big gap?"

"The latter. ”

Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, since it has been determined that Charlotte will adapt the comic "Constantine", Barry Mendel will no longer hide the specific situation,

"For 'Constantine' to be adapted well, it will require a lot of special effects shots, and we expect the total budget to be not too small, at least six or seven million dollars. And at present, Warner can draw up to $20 million......"

"The gap is not small. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"But I can find a way to raise the latter part, but correspondingly, I want to get a part of the rights to the film adaptation. ”

"This ......"

Barry Mendel suddenly became embarrassed.

It should be said that it is not uncommon for a Hollywood production company to jointly hold the copyright of a certain film series with a certain star or director.

Not to mention anything else, the film copyright of the "Mission Impossible" series is jointly held by Tom Cruise and Paramount.

Even, Brother Tom also took the lion's share.

As a result, most of the revenue from the "Mission Impossible" series will be pocketed by Tom Cruise, and even Paramount can only eat some scraps.

To a certain extent, it is also the reason for the conflict between Tom Cruise and Paramount later.

However, in the case of Konstantin specifically, there is no problem with this.

Charlotte didn't ask for a lot of copyright, so Warners didn't have to worry too much.

However, this is ultimately the copyright of the film, which is one of the most important things for all Hollywood companies.

After all, the copyright of a good movie is equivalent to a cash cow!

"I need to go back to the company and negotiate with someone before I can give you a final answer. ”

Barry Mendel was not authorized enough to go back again and ask for instructions.

Fortunately, the wait time this time was not too long.

Two days later, Barry Mendel brought a reply from Warners -

"It gives you up to 20% of the copyright, and it doesn't involve the revenue from comics and movie merchandise. ”

"If it doesn't involve peripheral revenue, then what do I want the copyright for? ”

Charlotte scoffed at Barry Mendel's words.

However, he also knows that this is the sky-high asking price, and he will pay back the money on the spot. Therefore, he did not turn his face directly, but continued to put forward his own requirements,

"30%, I can leave it alone with comics, but when it comes to other merchandise from the film, including toys and video tapes, etc., you have to adhere to this ratio. ”

......

After a period of bickering, Charlotte and Barry Mendel finally came to an agreement -

Charlotte will serve as the producer and director of "Konstantin" and will be responsible for raising insufficient funds from Warner for filming.

As compensation, Charlotte will receive 24% of the copyright proceeds from the film, including various merchandise, but not the comics.

- Because DC Comics' "Konstantin" has been serialized for a long time, its revenue should not be included in the periphery of the movie.

All of this was made possible on the premise that Charlotte had to complete the production of the film by October 1997.

Warner, for its part, hopes that the film will be released before the end of 1997.