Chapter 284： Arrangement

On March 2, Lehmann went to the headquarters of Paramount Pictures because of the schedule of "Micro Love".

In Shirley Lansing's office, the atmosphere is a little weird.

Everyone knows now that Lyman's honeymoon period with Paramount is over, and with the creation of Firefly Pictures and news of Lyman's partnership with Warner Bros., the relationship between the two is no longer what it used to be.

However, this does not affect the existing cooperation between the two parties.

As for what the Miramax people said, Shirley Lansing simply ignored it.

She's not stupid, not to mention, if DreamWorks is acquired, the weak production will also make up for it, so why attack Lehmann?

To avenge his independence?

This is business, not home. Maybe Harvey and others think too highly of themselves, and they are worthy of cooperating with Paramount to suppress the firefly project?

Although she herself is a little unhappy, she cannot rise to the corporate strategy.

Shirley Lansing asked her assistant to pour a cup of coffee, glanced at Lyman, and said another topic, "The Chainsaw 2 is about to be filmed, do you have any thoughts?"

"No hurry, wait until post-production is complete."

She nodded, and suddenly said, "We Paramount want the follow-up copyright of "The Chainsaw", can we make a price?"

After the release of "Chainsaw 1", the offline DVD market became very popular, which made Shirley Lansing fully see the potential of this project. She found that compared to theater screenings, thriller movies are also very popular in the rental market. popular.

But at present, the development leadership of this project is not in the hands of Paramount, and they do not want to launch many promotion plans, otherwise it will be too cheap for Firefly Pictures, so after some discussion, they want to buy out the follow-up directly. The film rights are fully controlled by Paramount.

However, Lehmann is also clear about this. He has always known the value of the Saw series.

Nonsense, can a project that can make 8 sequel movies be great?

It is also impossible for him to let go. This is a trump card of the company, but people should not be too offended. Paramount is also a good partner after all.

Lehman declined: "I can't talk about this alone. Ryan is also a shareholder of the company and needs his consent."

The idea failed, Shirley Lansing said again: "The project that Mr. Lehman and Warner cooperated with, I don't know how the revenue is divided between the two of you?"

Speaking of this, she was still a little stuck in her heart.

Even more dissatisfied with Lehman, such a big thing was hidden from Paramount, and in the end, the so-called partner got news from Warner.

Lehman said: "It's about 46%. In terms of distribution, they give priority to 15% of the box office revenue. Why, if "Chainsaw 2" is released, can the distribution contract be reduced?"

Shirley Lansing shook her head and said, "15 percent is already pretty good, and Paramount's publicity resources aren't bad, aren't they?"

Unless it is self-produced and sold, the terms of issuance will be set too high or too low, otherwise it will fluctuate between 10% and 25%. Look at their ability to negotiate.

"Forget it, let's talk about "Micro Love". How did Paramount arrange the schedule?"

Seeing that the other party couldn't come up with a better offer, Laiman didn't want to continue talking, anyway, it was impossible for him to go back to the way he used to be. Talking is useless.

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"We initially set it to be released on March 16."

In Paramount's conference room, a group of executives from the distribution department gathered, and one of the middle-aged white men said: "This is the weekend after Valentine's Day, and there is no similar type of strong. Film competition, and several other works that have been finalized also do not pose too much threat to us.”

"Then why don't you choose to release it on Valentine's Day?"

"Because of The Passion of the Christ, it's too strong, and we need to avoid it."

Well, this work with a religious edge relies on crazy publicity, and it got more than 33 million US dollars just a week after its release, and at the same time, it was hanged.

In other words, every Christian believer is willing to go into the theater and contribute to the box office.

Moreover, this is the famous spring off-season, neither summer nor Christmas. It is amazing to have this achievement.

"Any other movies to watch out for?"

"Not too much. Columbia's Fifty First Dates is a similar genre to ours, Warners' action movie "Double Guy" has little to do with our target audience, and Warners Animation's Scooby Compared to 2", there is no competitive pressure, and there is still a "Crazy Sand Horse" by Touchstone Pictures, you can know what it is by listening to the name."

"So, if we're on March 16, the only thing we need to pay attention to is "Fifty First Dates"?" an executive asked.

"That's right, we deliberately avoided "The Passion of the Christ" and came after Valentine's Day, and Colombia also planned to do the same, and we bumped into it. Fight, the winner gets the most out of the box office, and the loser gets the rest of the soup.”

"What about the theater line?"

"We are in contact with major theater chains to try to get as many screens as possible. Because of the popularity of "The Passion of the Christ", there are not many choices on the market at present, and we need to wait for its popularity to drop. It is only by squeezing out the film that it is possible for us to show it on a large scale.”

"The Passion of the Christ" premiered on February 25, just over a week ago. It was when the momentum was at its peak, and the theater chain was of course more optimistic about them.

"What about Columbia?"

"Rest assured, we will definitely not be less than their platoons."

The competition among Hollywood's Big Six has long been well balanced in terms of theaters .

"Tomorrow will hold a film viewing party, and representatives from the theater will be invited to come, and the number of films and screen screenings will be determined at that time."

"What else is there?" Shirley Lansing, who was sitting in the first place, asked when the discussion was almost over.

Lyman has been sitting next to him and listening quietly.

Regarding the issue of distribution, he has not had much contact with him, and he has no right to speak.

What's more, Paramount, as a veteran film company in the industry, is very familiar with the entire process, and Lehman is no better than them, so how can there be any opinion.

"Then let's go."

Shirley Lansing stood up and said to Lyman again: "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Lyman smiled politely, watching Shirley Lansing exit the door of the conference room.

He didn't stay any longer and went back to his company.