Chapter 182: I'm Not That Good (1/3)
"Ip Man" has been released in North America, with a cumulative box office of 20.8 million US dollars, and Fox has nothing to say in terms of publicity!
In recent years, Chinese action movies have actually become less popular.
Otherwise, "Huo Yuanjia" would not have sold for less than $25 million...
"Ip Man", Fox spent more than $4 million on publicity alone!
Not only did the poster say 'Who cultivated Bruce Lee', but also George Lucas recommended a few words...
The partnership between Fox and Lucas, which began 40 years ago, raised $10 million to make the first Star Wars film a reality ...
Because of this, the distribution of Star Wars has always been in charge of Fox!
Emulate the "Heroes" of the year... However, Quentin was on the show to help "Hero" shout, and Lucas obviously couldn't do it...
But enough is enough, Lucas's name did affect quite a few viewers...
Otherwise, there wouldn't be too many people interested in Ip Man.
One thing to say, this must be thanked to Fox.
But their distribution commission is indeed a bit excessive, and in North America alone, they took $9 million!
Shen Mengxi read the bill, and the investment in publicity was as high as 6 million US dollars!
You must know that the total box office share is less than 12 million!
Overseas account sharing, the proportion is low, they also take 15%...
Even TV and DVD rental rights, they also take 15%...
All in all, Shen Mengxi only took less than $15 million in the first batch of accounts of "Ip Man"...
Making money is making money, and the first share is close to the $15 million buyout fee that McKanna previously proposed...
Therefore, it was correct not to agree to the option of a direct buyout in the first place!
But it's still unpleasant, although I know that this is the rule, according to the adjectives of some domestic filmmakers - borrowing a boat to go to sea.
David is also clear about the account distribution of "Ip Man", and he is also a little unhappy, after all, "Ip Man" was released in North America, and Shen Mengxi threw it to him...
Shen Mengxi's income is low, which means that his account sharing is also low!
However, he checked the bill, and there was indeed no problem, the reason why Fox took such a high commission was that people did help win more than 2,000 venues!
These come at a cost...
Therefore, this time for the "Human Removal Plan", the first time he contacted was Lionsgate...
Dawei continued: "Lionsgate's commission is 12%..."
"Then let's continue to cooperate with Lionsgate in the future?"
“... No, Lionsgate's influence is far less than that of Fox, and if a movie has the potential to break 100 million, I suggest that it still cooperate with the Big Six..."
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Shen Mengxi came to New York, except for David looking for him, the most important thing is that he had to accompany Liu Yifei to audition.
Wolverine's project studio is in New York – because that's where it was filmed.
At most, Shen Mengxi can only help her win the audition, and her competitors are still available, and another producer, Louis Friedman, insists on using men.
The original time and space is his insistence, and the crew used Daniel Heaney...
Liu Yifei's biggest problem is not the gender of the role, but the mainland box office has not yet opened, and now when it comes to the Asian market, it is actually South Korea and Japan...
Compared with Daniel Heney, Lao Liu's popularity in those two countries is really not good!
Why did Twentieth Century Fox open Wolverine?
I just want to make money!
"X-Men 3: Last Stand" cost as much as $230 million, the North American box office was only $230 million, and the global box office was 450 million...
Earn a shout!
It's impossible to shoot anymore, and the actor's salary accounts for almost half of the production cost!
But in recent years, Hugh Jackman has become more and more popular, "Deadly Magic", "Treasure Fountain", "Scoop", and Christopher Nolan, Woody Allen, Darren Aronofsky and other directors.
Seeing that Sony next door made a lot of money with "Spider-Man", Fox has always wanted to take out Wolverine, the most popular in the X-Men, and make a solo movie.
You must know that Wolverine is also the leader of Marvel Comics, and the beauty of the comics is in the top five perennial rankings, and he fights Superman and the old man together with the little spider!
Hugh Jackman agreed, and then there was Wolverine...
In today's audition, Lauren Donner and Hugh Jackman are here, and they are here to see Liu Yifei and evaluate whether she has added value to the market.
didn't let her perform anything, just simply let her do a few actions - Shen Mengxi said when recommending that Liu Yifei's action scenes are particularly beautiful!
At the end of a set of moves, Lauren Donner applauded:
"It's wonderful, you really make me look forward to this collaboration. But you know, our casting process is extremely rigorous, and the outcome will be waiting for the final news. ”
"OK, I understand!"
Liu Yifei said goodbye and left...
She understood what Lauren Donner meant: It's not that you're not good enough, it's that we still need to tear up...
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"Hollywood casting is the same, all parties compete, although Agent 0 is a supporting role, he is an Asian mutant, first-class marksmanship and shooting skills, and he is loyal to the general, and the character is very likable!"
"You're glad you didn't face domestic casting, otherwise, it wouldn't have been your turn at all. ”
Hotel, Shen Mengxi listened to the fairy sister talk about the casting situation, and gave her own opinion.
"Then you say, will they use me?"
“... I don't know, it's up to Twentieth Century Fox to bet on the mainland box office!"
"What can't we do anymore?"
“... I'm not as powerful as you think, "Wolverine" is an A-level production, and the cost is at least more than 80 million US dollars, such a big project, it is impossible to let a character because of my words!"
Shen Mengxi waved his hand: "Let's just wait for the news now..."
Actually, it's not that you can't do anything, you really spend 50 million dollars, and then stuff people, do you say it's okay?
Not to mention anything else, "Inception" is a typical movie in which Japanese tycoons throw money, and the background in it is all the content of the revised script.
So, it's because the fairy sister didn't get there...
"Forget it, I don't want to do that much..."
Lao Liu leaned back on the sofa and sighed...
Shen Mengxi sat down, hugged her, and whispered, "I'll go back tomorrow!"
“... So when are you coming back?"
"It's hard to say..."Shen Mengxi buried her head in her chest, sniffed deeply, suddenly remembered what she had pulled, and looked up: "I rented a house on Long Island, if you don't have a place to go, you can live there!"
"House?"
"It's not a problem to stay in a hotel. ”
"Where's the house?
“... OK!"
David helped buy it, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms detached house...
I originally wanted to rent, this is not the United States to catch up with the subprime mortgage crisis, the price of the house is low, Long Island, east of New York City, has always been known as the "rich area", the price of a 400-square-meter villa is only 280,000 US dollars!