Chapter 774： excited

Warner is naturally happy with the good results of "The Dark Knight".

Plus, it's Nolan.

After this battle, his worth has skyrocketed again, and studios, big and small, are more optimistic about his market, and they have attracted him. Very realistic.

Of course, Ryman saw it all, because he used to come here too, and then he opened a studio.

I want the horse to run and I want the horse not to graze. Certainly not.

A person's sense of a company will gradually change. When his achievements are not matched by enough interests, no matter how good the relationship is, it is easy to break down.

Of course, Nolan is very grateful to Ryman. Not only does he recognize his directing ability, but also because the project of Batman is handed over to him by Ryman, and Firefly does not interfere with his creation, and the cooperation has always been pleasant.

But how long can this tacit understanding last?

Those temptations and enthusiasm, Rao is that Nolan is relatively calm, and he is also shocked by the prices of the big dogs.

"As long as the director is determined, the $20 million is yours, and the theme and story are yours."

He never thought that one day, the money would be so easy to earn, just the basic salary of a movie contract.

Dizzy, he refused with difficulty, because he felt he had not repaid Lyman's favor to him.

Then, Lehmann personally came to visit.

It gave him the motivation to stay in Firefly.

"The future cooperation plan can be changed. Are you ready to be the owner of a studio?"

Nolan calmed down and felt a little embarrassed-although he really wanted to get higher benefits, he couldn't open his mouth after all. Well now, Ryman brought it up first, he just had to think about whether he would agree or not.

A stack of thick agreement templates was placed in front of him.

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After Lehman returned to the company, Joseph quickly came over.

It was he who helped Lehmann determine the re-formulation of the cooperation model with director Nolan.

They all understand that Nolan is very popular with the amazing results shown in "The Dark Knight". If he wants to bind, he must not be able to do it with the previous conditions - even if people want to, it will be uncomfortable in the end, just forced under some pressure.

Of course, this is actually a good goal for other directors who have a good relationship with Firefly - as long as you have enough grades, you don't have to worry about not getting enough pay.

For talent, Firefly has always valued.

Joseph comes in.

Soon he knew the answer from Lehman's good mood.

Since then, some of the empty shell sub-studios that Nolan has accumulated for the shooting project will officially become an independent studio under Mann Media.

The projects provided by Nolan himself will directly participate in the copyright and box office distribution of the film.

In other words, from a general point of view, the relationship between the two is quite similar to the relationship between New Line and Warner, which also has management power.

Even other studios invited him to make movies, as long as he wanted to, he could cooperate, and Nolan felt that it was worth it.

Because the two have risen from a film contract relationship to a studio-to-studio partnership.

After all, if you don't do this, it will be more embarrassing to wait until someone else proposes it one day. It is better to take the initiative to keep the affection.

As for the rest, just do business.

Benefactors can never be turned into enemies. Like Spielberg, he once broke with the world, and the reason is not the distribution of benefits.

Lehman has a good mentality and doesn't think he can be more attractive than US dollars.

In the afternoon, I talked to Wen Ziren, Zach Snyder, Mexico Sanjie and others on the phone again, highlighting what Nolan has obtained and showing fairness based on achievements.

Among these, Zha Dao is the second most likely to change a higher-level cooperative relationship, followed by Wen Ziren, and then Gyro...

the following few days.

The "Iron Man" crew is still in steady preparations.

With Ryan and Kevin Feige watching, Lyman didn't need to worry too much.

On the "Dark Knight" side, Warner watched the box office rise step by step, constantly breaking records, and frantically building momentum through media channels.

The release of box office data can even trigger the herd mentality of passers-by and make the market more popular.

"The fastest to break through 100 million, belongs to the success of "The Dark Knight"."

"The theater line will be expanded, and the maximum number of screenings will be 4,400."

"Stunning, 94 IMAX giant screen theaters made a single day of 6.21 million US dollars. The birth of another record."

The schedule soon entered Sunday, and the attendance rate did not drop at the same time as the number of screenings increased. When the results of the first weekend were counted, Hollywood was boiling again.

18.489 million, 61.23 million, 73.08 million...

The first weekend totaled 152.8 million, surpassing the 151 million US dollars set by "Spider-Man 3", setting the highest opening weekend box office revenue in Hollywood history.

The media is lively, and the audience is also lively, and the discussion about the film has basically never stopped.

There are various analysis posts and popular science posts on the Internet, so that those who have watched this film can't help but join them.

Warner Bros. headquarters building.

The success of "The Dark Knight" has made the management of the distribution department very emotional.

"Okay, well done."

At the department meeting, the president's face was red and full of energy, "The headquarters wants us to take advantage of the momentum of the film and cooperate with the marketing operation department to expand the copyright area. Everyone, now is not the time to relax, and we must not lose the chain."

"The conversion rate of 'The Dark Knight' is much higher than that of previous films, higher than that of 'Harry Potter', and Nolan is a genius."

"Yeah, I thought the results of "Mystery of Xia Ying" would be very good, but I didn't expect this one to be more fierce."

"If you want me to say, it is still Lehman who has the ability, and Nolan was recommended by him. This vision."

"Yes, we must continue to cooperate with Firefly. Their production capabilities are just right to integrate our distribution channels."

"Hey, that depends on what the people above plan."

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In later generations, the success of "The Dark Knight" made Warner executives all immersed in the joy of box office honey, and it did indeed lead to many discussions on the success of the film.

To put it bluntly, I just want to copy.

Looking at it now, they will still embark on this road of no return, because a series of record-breaking results at the box office make this accidental surprise work really hard to look away.

So much so that Marvel has proved that a very simple routine can also please the audience, but it is not enough to make Warner change its thinking and cheat DC.

Facts have proved that even Nolan himself repeating the same theme cannot guarantee to make another equally good movie. Warners insists that the dark style is the mainstream of the adaptation, and of course it will suffer.

After all, not all characters are like Bruce Wayne, not all directors are Nolan, and it is even more impossible to blindly win in darkness. The aesthetic texture presented by "The Dark Knight" has not been the mainstream of the market, but precisely, the film is because of a certain The collision between these inspirations and the main creator has made it unique.

But this is better. DC does not take the wrong road, how to highlight the future status of Marvel?

Marvel Dafa needs suitable opponents to set off If everyone is excellent, the market is not easy to divide.

Of course, the box office market at this time belongs to a phenomenal work, it is the DC ace, Batman.

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Paramount Pictures Building.

Shirley Lansing looked at the data and felt distressed.

The better the performance of "The Dark Knight", the more it is squeezing the "Transformers" that may have a better market.

Following the $70.5 million in the first week, their internal box office forecast for the next weekend of the film is around 60 million, because there is a transition period for "Transformers", and the market will definitely not decay too much.

Prior to this, Paramount had commissioned a statistics company to investigate the evaluation of the film by 3,000 audiences. Some adult audiences had a preconceived impression that "Transformers" was similar to "Toy Story". , so after watching it, I was more surprised that the scene of the film was so hot.

In other words, if the emergence of "The Dark Knight" stole their limelight, "Transformers" is the seed work that firmly occupies the top spot in the box office market, but now, it is reduced to second.

What makes Paramount even more depressing is that it only gained less than 52 million US dollars in the next week, and it is expected that the subsequent decline will increase.

The quality of word-of-mouth is not comparable, the degree of audience satisfaction is not comparable, and the number of inclinations of the audience is not comparable. It can be said that "The Dark Knight" has completely exploded "Transformers"...

Although it was expected on the day of the premiere, but still can not let go of the results.

Originally, "Transformers" may have a higher box office.

"Ugh......"

Shirley Lansing sighed, because there is really nothing to do. Fortunately, there is still room for profit in the film, and the idea of ​​serialization can continue to be filmed.