~： Four hundred and one - stale childhood friend

"Wayne, regarding the scale of The Departed, the three major theater companies have indicated that they will give the greatest support."

As for the last two films of "The Matrix", they just need to determine the basic scope. After Wayne has secured Zack Snyder, the specific details of the film will naturally be discussed by the following people. Bruce Rosenblum took a stab at the upcoming film The Departed.

"In the past few years, your film has brought enough traffic to theater companies and a large amount of revenue. Now those companies have long been eyeing this film, but they have not done much with the distribution department. After working, I easily got more than 3,200 open theaters."

As the director of the distribution department of Warner Bros., this is what makes him feel the most deeply. The cinema company never sees the high reputation of the film, and never cares whether the film has so-called artistic achievements. The way they think about problems Very pure, that is, whether the film can sell more tickets and bring them enough revenue and daily passenger flow.

The brand effect produced by Greenberg can affect far more than ordinary movie fans, but also affects the strategy of the theater company.

"This film..." Wayne shook his head slightly and said without hesitation: "You all know the situation of "The Departed", I expect the box office to be difficult to compare with the DC series, even the already released "Hacker" Empire and Tornado may both have higher box office or peripheral revenue than The Departed."

"Then you also put the movie and "Ransom Storm"..." Bruce Rosenblum was surprised after hearing this, and immediately couldn't help but ask.

In his impression, Wayne's films cannot be used to measure the box office numbers at all. "The Departed" does not want to be a purely commercial film, but in the other party's previous projects, there are also many thin commercial elements. .

"Don't worry about that." Jeff Robinoff interrupted the distribution director's doubts before he could answer. "With the brand effect of Greenberg's production, Wayne's basic base in North American fans can ensure that the box office figures will not be too low!"

Now the situation of the summer season is quite clear. The North American box office of "The Matrix" exceeds 170 million US dollars, and the box office of "Hulk" released in the same period is less than 80 million. Mission Impossible poses a threat.

This film has already made enough profits. After winning the box office champion for two consecutive weeks, the popularity of the film has declined, and the scale of the screening has just been reduced. "Tornado" immediately took over the position of "The Matrix" and continued to occupy the weekly box office champion. s position.

Now that the first weekend has passed, "Tornado" has achieved a considerable advantage over Paramount's "Mission: Impossible." The action blockbuster led by Tom Cruise, under the siege of Warner Bros.'s "The Matrix" in its three-week release and "Tornado" in its first week, is basically unlikely to turn around against the wind.

Therefore, the attention of all the executives and shareholders of Warner Bros., as well as many people in the circle, naturally turned to the upcoming "The Departed".

No one believes that Wayne will fall over, but think about the type of film revealed by The Departed and the specific news of the film, which has been under the cover of Warner Bros., so more people are looking forward to whether this film will be able to Let him do a big somersault.

After all, as long as the golden statue is involved, no one will be affected. Whether Wayne will change his shooting style to suit the taste of the academy for the highest honor is very exciting.

There are some things that everyone knows in their hearts, but they must not be said openly. After counting the Oscar best director works over the years, those propositional compositions that deliberately cater to the taste of the academy are basically difficult to get the market. Talk about being insulated from the audience.

The times have quietly changed a long time ago. The films that audiences like to watch and the works that the nostalgic old men in the academy want to see are completely the product of two eras, and they are two different things.

"Don't worry, I can still guarantee that the cost will be recovered from the box office." Like the countless gatherings that happened in this office before, Wayne stood up and sorted his suit while talking, ready to leave after talking about business. "As for peripheral profit and offline copyright and videotape revenue, it depends on what kind of results can be achieved at the Oscars!"

Needless to say, the marketing effect of the little golden man has been proven countless times. As long as the film that wins the heavyweight award at the awards ceremony, the subsequent income that can be brought to the producer is never a small number, otherwise it will not appear. Promoters like Harvey Weinstein tirelessly treat this as a business every year.

As for Wayne's purpose for saying these words, several other people present understood that Jeff Robinoff suddenly smiled and assured him in his eyes: "Don't worry, Warner Bros. will invest the greatest resources to ensure " The probability of winning The Departed."

"Ok, you guys go on, don't forget the party on Saturday." Wayne waved his hand, took Nina and turned around and walked out of the office.

This is the last weekend when he can have a little free time, and then it will inevitably start the promotion of "The Departed", just in time for Zach Snyder to return, so the party is arranged this Saturday.

When there were only two executives left in the office, they looked at each other, and Bruce Rosenblum said, "What do you think is the probability of winning the statuette that Wayne wants in The Departed? ?"

"It won't be less than sixty or seventy percent!"

Knowing earlier, this probability is already rare in history, but Jeff Robinoff still feels that what he said is quite conservative. "Bruce, in that game, there are still a lot of rules to be found. Look, even if "The Departed" doesn't suit the tastes of those old men, most of them will pinch their noses and shoot for some reason. Cast your vote."

Bruce Rosenblum nodded, and suddenly a sarcastic smile appeared on his face. "Maybe Wayne's film, the biggest obstacle to winning the award will not come from competitors, but the excessive box office of the film itself!"

The academy has never liked films with strong commercial elements. They think that such films lack artistry, which almost everyone in the circle knows. And whether a film has a strong commercial element or not, it is usually enough to look directly at its box office performance.

"Oscar is still far away, let's focus on the competition in the summer season first..."

At the same time, in the office of the chairman of Walt Disney, another Hollywood giant also located in Burbank, two childhood friends are also discussing the film "The Departed".

The big production that was released on the same weekend as "The Departed" was "Ransom Storm" produced by Disney and distributed by its subsidiary, BWI International.

Although "Ransom Storm" has a luxurious lineup, the director is a veteran Ron Howard, and Mel Gibson is even hotter, but countless facts have proved that no one can underestimate Wayne Green. Berger's film.

"Think of other ways to disrupt the rhythm of Wayne Greenberg's publicity." Disney tyrant Michael Eisner sat on the large sofa and tapped the table with one finger. "Warner Bros.' revenue and performance are becoming more and more difficult to catch up. Their success rate for big productions this year is too high!"

As the former agent emperor, Michael Ovitz and the other party were childhood friends. This time, the reason why he resolutely gave up the agent empire he built and joined Disney, one of the six Hollywood giants, as the CEO The position is because of the strong invitation of childhood friends.

However, in the past few months after joining Disney, his life was completely different from what he imagined, and the two people gradually had quite a lot of contradictions. However, he is still trying to integrate into this giant. He has given up so much, and naturally hopes to stay completely.

"There is a high probability that Warner Bros. will rank first among the six companies in terms of revenue this year." Michael Ovitz's voice is unhurried, and he does have stronger capabilities in some aspects. "Warner Bros. has not released detailed peripheral sales data for The Matrix. I got some specific statistics through my relationship with Warner Bros."

As the controller of Hollywood's largest brokerage company, the personal connections behind him will always be a mystery, but this can guarantee that there are almost no secrets in the circle to hide from him.

Taking two sheets of printer paper from his briefcase, Michael Ovitz placed them on the table in front of his childhood friend. "Look, just from the peripheral income of "The Matrix" and the data of "Tornado" in the past few days, Warner Bros. will make another big profit!"

"Listen, Mike." Michael Eisner picked up the statistics, and instead of looking at it for the first time, his eyes kept staring at each other. "We're talking about the upcoming The Departed, which is our main contender, and no matter how strong The Matrix and Tornado are, that's a problem for Universal and Paramount, and We have nothing to do!"

This is the main reason for the many conflicts between them. Michael Eisner has been in power over the years. No matter who he is facing, he looks condescending, and the tone of his speech is the same.

And he, the CEO, did not get the extra respect from his childhood friends. And for Disney's work arrangement, all aspects must be constrained by the other party, which is completely different from the CEO he imagined, and there is no right to freedom at all.

"Let's take a look first, don't you want to interrupt Wayne Greenberg's publicity rhythm? There is an answer here." Trying to suppress his emotions, Michael Ovitz falsely pointed to the statistical report, said patiently.

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