Chapter 562： break 100 million

"The horror movie "Dead Silence", which was released last Friday, earned more than 97.5 million at the North American box office, just one step away from breaking 100 million in North America."

"The screening of "Dead Silence" continued to decline, with an attendance rate of 40%, but it still topped the North American weekly box office with $45.56 million."

"Wen Ziren is still strong, will he be the next master of terror?"

...

Early in the morning, Wen Ziren was in a very good mood. After having breakfast and reading the newspaper, he ran towards the Firefly Building with satisfaction.

In other words, after the second directing work continues to be successful, his status in the Hollywood director circle is obviously bullish.

Many film studios have sent offers to work with him.

Of course, Wen Ziren knows very well how all this came about. Without Laiman's support, his career would not have been so stable.

Therefore, he never thought about breaking away from the embrace of Firefly Pictures, and among them, Lehman was also willing to share the profits of film production.

He knew very well that momentary emotions were no match for the same interests.

In any case, as long as Wen Ziren can understand that other studios can't give too much film revenue and right to speak, he will naturally have a good impression of Firefly Pictures.

After the meeting, Lyman first congratulated him, his tone full of admiration.

Wen Ziren waved his hand and said, "Lyman, you are too polite. Don't do that."

In other words, Wen Ziren has now embarked on a different path from his previous life, and even his film career has been smoother. His existence, to some extent, also proves that Lehmann has cultivated vision.

Therefore, he is really happy for Wen Ziren, not just profit.

After some greetings, Laiman asked Wen Ziren to sit down, and asked the assistant to serve him a cup of coffee.

In fact, he came to Wen Ziren today because of the box office bonus.

After all, seeing "Dead Silence" breaking 100 million is not a problem, the main creators, Lehman wanted to send a red envelope to win over.

This is actually a monetization that encourages producers to make more movies that sell well.

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Wen Ziren refused: "I've already won a lot, so let's forget the bonus."

He is not a very greedy person, and can even be said to be very knowledgeable.

In the past life, apart from having a bit of filth with Lionsgate, the others, whether it was with Universal or Warner, were very happy to cooperate.

"Don't worry, it's just an incentive. There's not much money, it's just a form. If you don't take it, do those crew members have the nerve to take it?"

This remark has a taste of stealing the concept. Although the director is a brain-level figure in the crew, it does not mean that the hands, feet and torso are not important, and the director generally takes a lot, which is far higher than the salary of the production staff.

Of course, it is also true that there is less money. Lehman only intends to take out 0.3% of the box office revenue, which is about 400,000 to 500,000 yuan according to the project.

This amount of money, falling on so many people, is actually more than a month's salary.

Moreover, this is still "Dead Silence", if the movie is not very profitable, Firefly Pictures will definitely not pay any bonus.

But since it's going to be released, it can't be too special. After all, those production teams are also the foundation of a studio.

Lehman said so, of course Wen Ziren no longer insisted.

Although, he didn't think it was necessary.

After chatting for a while, Wen Ziren suddenly asked: "The new film released by Bowei International has been released? Will it have a great impact on "Dead Silence"?"

Lehman laughed and said: "Don't worry, the audiences of the two films do not overlap. Those who like to watch horror movies will not dislike watching "Dead Silence" because of a suspense movie. "Dead Silence"'s opponents only have market restrictions, absolutely no Competition restrictions, at least, won't be in place this September."

Wen Ziren nodded, "I have always believed in your judgment. It was the same in the past, and it will be the same in the future."

"So, we're going to make a big business together." Lyman said in a joking tone.

...

September 23, Thursday night.

The suspense film "Crisis in the Air" held its North American premiere.

The production side of this film is quite complicated. The project itself was provided by a second-rate media company such as The Theory of Relativity, but it recruited Universal, Waverly and SRP to jointly produce it. Then, for a more reasonable distribution of benefits, the distribution business was taken over by Bowei. International takeover - of course, this is actually the mainstream production model in Hollywood, playing a risky operation and regulating capital.

But obviously, if the project can be very profitable, no one will be stupid enough to share the cake.

Therefore, the prospect of this project is actually not very optimistic, but they thought that it might be profitable to operate, so they got together.

And the protagonist lineup of this film has found Jodie Foster and Sean Bean.

In other words, the roles played by Judy, a powerful actress, are all determined and resolute. From "Silence of the Lambs" to "Thriller Space" to "The Insider", the roles are all the same.

In fact, Judy's face is sharp and angular, and her facial features are straight, and she doesn't look like a weak woman.

As for the plot of this film, of course it's not that good, and the rhythm is extremely slow. Anyway, Lehman didn't feel any nervousness or any sense of substitution when he watched it.

As for a suspenseful movie, the reasoning and revealing aspects cannot attract the audience, so it is obviously not a high-quality work.

In fact, Lehmann went to the premiere of the film hosted by PwC.

After all, Bowei International is the distribution channel of the Disney faction. It has a high status in Hollywood and has many resources.

At the venue, Disney executives also tested Lehman, whether he was willing to cooperate with Disney.

But how is this possible?

If Firefly Pictures wants to rise, the most restrictive thing is Disney.

Otherwise, when the six majors become the top five, or even the top four, there is still a chance for Firefly Pictures to come to the table.

It is estimated that it is just like Lions Gate who likes to jump blindly in the future was suppressed and wilted directly.

After all, if you don't give a good schedule and a good schedule, which studio will compete with Disney.

Isn't this a joke?

Of course, Lehmann didn't say anything to death. He is now used to not making promises easily, nor offending such Hollywood giants easily.

Lehman managed to ease the relationship with Paramount, and he won over Warner and Lionsgate, so that when he gets involved in the wider distribution and production business in the future, he will not get enemies everywhere.

The so-called, unite the majority and attack a small group. It seems that the most powerful one is Warner, but Warner has insufficient background. It seems that the growth rate of Disney's film business is average, but they have the most comprehensive peripheral promotion and big killer— ——To complete the animation production, as well as a lot of character images, such as Donald Duck, The Lion King and other classic authorizations.

It can be said that no one can fight Disney.

Moreover, this is still the potential that has not been fully released, otherwise it will be even more terrifying.

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