~： Four hundred - I'll talk to him

In the past three weeks, "The Matrix" has not only achieved a box office of nearly 170 million US dollars in North America, but also successfully held the position of the weekly box office champion for two consecutive times.

The film's performance in the overseas theater market is also good. In the areas headed by the English-speaking Five Basic Friends, movie fans have given a very high degree of enthusiasm to this cyberpunk-style action sci-fi blockbuster.

Of course, this is an R-rated film after all, the audience problem does exist objectively, and the film's reputation is not as one-sided as the North American side.

The main point of contention is actually the network. The concept of the network that appears in the movie is not difficult for North American audiences to understand. The acceptance of computers and networks in this land is already quite high. After expanding this scope to the whole world, It's not that simple.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, the Internet was a relatively unfamiliar term in many parts of the world. Even in many smaller European countries, movie fans did not understand what the Internet was.

The reason why more fans are willing to enter the theater is entirely because of the novel fighting scenes in the film, the use of alternative special effects, the handsome men and women under the strong cyberpunk style, and the fun the film brings to them.

"The overseas box office is conservatively estimated at about 150 million US dollars, plus the 170 million US dollars on the North American side, the performance of "The Matrix" completely exceeded our expectations." Jeff Robinoff stopped talking about Paramount And "Mission Impossible", but brought the topic to "The Matrix".

"The predictions made by the company are relatively close to the results given by third-party prediction companies. They all believe that the global box office of "The Matrix" will be around 400 million US dollars."

"The box office numbers are far from the most important thing!"

Bruce Rosenblum lit his cigar and swung the blowtorch from the coffee table to Wayne. He first closed his eyes and enjoyed a big mouthful of the strong fragrance, and when the smoke came out of his nose, he continued:

"For this "Matrix", the main revenue is the peripherals, and the operation of its offline channels after the downgrade, the box office share of the theater, and finally in our hands, which does not account for the total profit. Ten percent. Wayne, you're going to make a lot of money this time, how about you, when are you going to treat yourself."

"How was Saturday?"

Wayne happily agreed, and when he closed his eyes in enjoyment after lighting a cigar with a blowtorch like Bruce Rosenblum did, both the Warner Bros. distribution director and the CEO were stunned.

Everyone could hear that what Bruce Rosenblum said just now was just a joke to pull into the relationship, but unexpectedly, it received a positive response.

At this moment, Nina, who had been silent, opened her leather briefcase and took out three official invitations from it. In the surprised eyes of the two, they placed it on the coffee table in front of them.

"Wow, a celebration party for our little princess!" When Jeff Robinoff picked it up, he understood what was going on. "You came here today to give this thing?"

"There's a reason for this." Wayne opened his eyes comfortably and reminisced about the fruit aroma in his mouth. It was only now that he slowly got used to enjoying cigars.

"Bruce, help me pass the extra share to John. This party won't be too big. It's just us. Look, isn't the treat you want coming?"

"Huh, it looks like I'm going to have a headache these two days. What gift should I choose for our little princess..." Bruce Rosenblum deliberately lengthened his voice, and everyone present understood that this It was he who was deliberately pulling the relationship between the two sides.

"Just don't give money." Wayne shrugged and said with pride on his face: "I've made a lot of money for Fendi. Well, let's talk about business, for "The Matrix" "The second, and even the third, what do you think?"

This is the main purpose of his coming here today. A few days ago, Steven Spielberg and Townsend Rothman's turns of temptation sounded the alarm in his heart. Wayne has reason to believe that there are more people. Staring at Zach Snyder.

The main creative team of "The Matrix" has ended its overseas promotion tour yesterday, and all returned to Los Angeles and disbanded.

Jeff Robinoff put away his smile, tightened the muscles on his face, and said: "We must continue to shoot, there is no doubt about this, we can't make this one that can create profits in the unit of billions of dollars. The series will be dragged on indefinitely, my opinion is that it is best to start the preparations for the second part as soon as possible!"

"What do you think of the second or third series?" Wayne had long thought that he would get support, so he simply expressed his thoughts.

Bruce Rosenblum squinted his eyes and said: "I think it can be considered that there are many benefits of a set shot, which can not only save a lot of production funds, but also reduce the remuneration of the main creators of the crew, but the set shot will cause even greater damage. We can't ignore the risks."

As he said, duo shooting is also a common method in Hollywood, and there must be many benefits. For example, a stable production crew will help the film to maintain a consistent production level. Continuous shooting can save a part of the capital investment, and the two films will work with the main creator. When negotiating contracts, it is also conducive to lower prices.

But there are also considerable risks. The usual practice of Hollywood production companies is to summarize the success factors and commercial selling points of a movie after a movie is successful, and then continue to shoot with the same routine.

If the film fails, then naturally all subsequent plans will be put into the cold palace because of the need to stop the loss in time.

The biggest risk of duo shooting is here, and the production company has no chance for trial and error. If the second theater market of "The Matrix" is cold, or encounters a dark horse at the box office and a strong competitor in the same period, it is not impossible Possibility of bouncing.

Every movie is like a gamble before it is released, and no one can guarantee what will happen. Maybe just a little social factor intervention can make a difference in the box office of the movie.

For example, in the year before 9/11, movies with violent and war scenes, such as war movies, horror movies, plasma movies, etc. produced by countless Hollywood film companies, would be ignored by the North American people because of the collapse of the Twin Towers.

This kind of accident happens all the time. Who can guarantee that all the movies that hit the street are all shoddy things?

However, Sony Columbia had a bad luck. In the summer of the year after 9/11, it successfully produced the Spider-Man who saved the world. At that time, the North American people were extremely disgusted with war and bloodshed, and wished that every ordinary person had anti-war sentiments.

So this superhero who saves the world has won the cheers of countless ordinary fans. Other Hollywood companies also realized that the people needed superheroes, and after that, countless cartoon characters were successfully put on the big screen, and all of them achieved good box office results.

"Wayne, go back and talk to Zach first."

Jeff Robinoff thinks a lot, and understands that if the "Matrix" set shot wants to ensure the greatest possible success, it mainly depends on the reaction of Zach Snyder.

And now the first film directed by the North American box office exceeds 100 million, and Zack Snyder, who is hot in the circle, no one knows what he thinks, whether he will expand and change his mind because of his sudden success. possible.

"I'll talk to him. I hope Zach isn't blown away by the media's boasting and praise." Wayne shook his head. This was just one aspect of his worries. There are countless temptations placed in front of Zach Snyder.

"The project review and investment of the last two films of "The Matrix" is not a problem for the company. As long as you get Zack Snyder over there, I promise to promote all the early work as soon as possible." Jeff Robinoff looked towards Wayne, who was beside him, didn't say something, so he gave Bruce Rosenblum a wink for the first time.

Regarding the issue of "The Matrix", the two executives of Warner Bros. reached a tacit understanding early in the morning, so Bruce Rosenblum did not hesitate to ask directly: "Wayne, the investment model of the latter two, Shouldn't it follow the way of the first one?

If possible, Greenberg Studios and Warner Bros. will each contribute half of the funds, and the film distribution will be handed over to the company's distribution department. Of course, the copyright should also belong to Warner Bros., just like the first time, the film is generated after the release. All profits ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Warner Bros. and Greenberg Studios also split 50% each..."

When it comes to business, the Warner Bros. executive puts on a different look, without the enthusiasm he just had.

The last two parts of this series are destined to be much more successful than the first, as anyone in the industry can see. The first part of "The Matrix" mainly woven the world background, and also laid a solid foundation for the subsequent sequels.

[To tell the truth, recently I have been using Mimi to read and read books to keep up with updates, switch sources, and read aloud tones, which can be used by Android and Apple. 】

As for the proportion of investment and income involved, every one percentage point more or less one percentage point represents a huge benefit that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime.

When it comes to business, Bruce Rosenblum and Jeff Robinoff will only be in the best interests of Warner Bros. They won't relax because of their personal relationship with Wayne. Treat him as a major shareholder of his own company.

"Ha, it seems that you are really afraid of Jimmy!" Wayne's teasing voice sounded, and the smile on his face temporarily broke the dignified atmosphere just now. "Don't worry, I will explain to Jimmy that no matter how successful the first film is, the cooperation model of the latter two will not change. Greenberg Studio will only get the proportion of the investment it deserves and the short-term income that follows. ."

Obviously, these two executives of Warner Bros. represent the concerns of most shareholders, for fear that Wayne will open his mouth again and ask for more investment ratio because of the huge profits of the first simple movie.

Seeing that he didn't want to get more meaning now, the two executives breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Yes, Wayne is still as greedy as ever, but still maintains the bottom line of sharing interests, which is one of the reasons for his rapid success.