Chapter 267 (1/2)
At the same time that bodyguard is popular, Batman's later stage is still advancing steadily.
Recently, the film has begun the soundtrack stage, Simon hesitated among several major Hollywood soundmakers, and finally decided to do it himself. After all, no one in Hollywood knows the effect he wants better than he does.
Warner Studios has the best recording studio and other related equipment, and this part of the work is still carried out in Burbank.
After a busy morning, Simon left Warner studios for the nearby Denise entertainment Burbank branch.
Today is June 9, Friday.
Ella doechman returned from Europe yesterday. Simon came to the company's branch and everyone chose a restaurant nearby for lunch. Doechman talked about the work of this European tour.
”In order to get paradise cinema, globegroup has offered a transaction plan of $5 million in advance plus later share. It's just a pure North American distribution right. It's already a sky high price. I can only give up. Tonadore got the Palme d'Or this time. There are many people who want to invest in his next film. There are also differences between him and me on the script of the ”journey to heaven”. This matter also failed to come to an agreement. ”
As expected, Simon just asked, ”what about the others?”
”Considering the situation at that time, I selected 10 films from the main competition unit and each exhibition unit, carefully communicated with each producer, and then sent them time limited offers with only one night to consider,” said Ella doichman. Finally, in the movie I saw, the jury award winner ”too beautiful” still didn't get it. Jane Campion's ”sweet sister” got it. The omni channel copyright in North America was sold at a price of $300000 in advance plus 50% of the net box office profit. There is also a Swedish film called ”the woman on the roof”, with a $100000 advance payment and the same 50% share of the net box office profit
Simon noticed the smile on Ella doechman's face when she talked about it, and could probably imagine him fighting with other film makers who were watching Denise's entertainment.
”The woman on the roof” is just an addition, the focus is still ”sweet sister”.
The price of $300000 plus 50% of the net box office profit is not worth mentioning at all for Hollywood commercial films. However, according to Simon's judgment, the production cost of sweet sister will not exceed $500000. Just for the sale of North American copyrights, New Zealand film makers can basically recover most of the costs, not to mention the sharing terms.
Simon is actually more inclined to buy out, but he also understands that this idea is not realistic.
Just as he did in ”Lola Run”, filmmakers are looking forward to miracles. Doechman's offer, in fact, also reduced the risk for danielis entertainment.
Moreover, the division only involves the box office, and the later income from video and TV broadcasting rights is from danielis entertainment, which can also avoid long-term financial disputes and is a transaction mode that both parties are willing to accept.
The prepayment cost is $300000, and then about $500000 will be invested for publicity. The box office of sweet sister in North America needs to be more than $1.5 million to make ends meet.
Simon doesn't expect much of sweet sister's box office potential, as long as he can get $3 million, he will succeed.
According to this figure, gaomen film can make a small profit at the box office, and the later video and TV broadcasting can also bring good revenue. New Zealand film makers can also get another $300000 to $400000 share of the revenue, which is very happy for both sides.
Simon was about to ask about something else when he noticed Robert REM's slight frown as he listened to the conversation and asked, ”Bob, what's the problem?”
Robert REM glanced at doechman and said, ”Simon, I just think you value these small businesses too much.”
”It's not a small business, Bob. Just like” Lola Run ”and” vulgar novel ”, both of which are artistic in nature, their box office is amazing. Now that I can do this, I believe other filmmakers can do the same. I don't expect that every year gaomen film will find a movie similar to ”Lola Run”, but as long as there is a well-selling literary film in two or three years, that's success. ” Simon explained carefully, and finally said: ”moreover, for me, there has never been the concept of big business and small business. I hope I can do every job well. For you, I am also looking forward to that. This is a very important issue of attitude. If a person can't take a $300000 ”small business” seriously, he can't do it well by giving him $3 million or even $30 million. ”
When doechman, Jennifer and new world film president Denny Morris, who had dinner together this time, were refuted, Simon's tone was very calm, but REM still could not hang up. He still insisted on his just point of view, but only reluctantly showed a smile and nodded: ”OK.”
Simon sighed and turned to doechman.
Without waiting for Simon to ask, doichman took the initiative to say, ”according to your request, I successfully signed two film contracts with Campion. Next, she is going to shoot a biographical film called” the angel is at my table ”. I have seen the script, which is also a prize winning film suitable for the European Film Festival. In addition, she has the idea of an original script, which tells the story of an aphasic woman who married to New Zealand with a piano. Because the script has not yet been formed, I can not judge whether it is good or bad for the time being. She said that she will draw up an outline in the near future. ”The story of piano and dumb girl is obviously Simon's favorite piano farewell.
He didn't see the script, and Simon didn't express too much opinions. He continued to chat. He looked at the director of new world film, Denny Morris, and asked, ”Denny, how are the preparations for the sequel of the corn field kids?”
At first, Denny Morris was appointed as the head of gaomen film industry. Because he was not optimistic about the prospects of art films and had a negative attitude, Simon sent him to take charge of the new world film industry, which specializes in horror films.
In the process of communication, he felt that Simon attached great importance to doichman and his comments on ”big business” and ”small business”. Denny Morris regretted giving up his position as president of gaomen film.
New world pictures is not responsible for many projects now, mainly the sequel of scream 2, the third sequel of ghost 3, and the sequel of corn 2, which Simon asked about.
The first three films are all commercially successful.
Therefore, if the sequel is done well, unless it is done more than before, the credit will not be too great, but if it is messed up, it will certainly seriously affect their future.
With this in mind, Denny Morris quickly said: ”the script has been completed, and we are looking for a director recently. In addition, I plan to shoot this film in Australia, which can save at least 10% of the budget. ”
The budget scale of ”cornfield kid” is 3 million US dollars. Because it is a low-cost film, shooting in Australia can't get the favorable tax rebate conditions like ”Batman”. A 10% reduction in the budget actually saved only $300000.
Going to Australia to shoot was just an idea that Denny Morris hesitated about. However, after hearing Simon's words, he made a decision without hesitation.
At least, this attitude can win the boss a lot of favor.
Simon is really satisfied.
Although a company's profits are not saved, if it can be careful, it must be careful.
After a few words, Simon didn't ignore REM and talked about the bodyguard.
The box office of bodyguard in the first week was $23.63 million, which was slightly lower than Simon's expectation, and even worse than the same period of ”Raiders 3”.