v2 Chapter 887： The most secure plan

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Undoubtedly, "Interview" was unable to enter the theater market in many countries, but it was further spread through the Internet. Although this film was affected by online piracy, the number of paid-on-demand movies has also reached new highs. The online paid viewing of "The Dark Knight Rises" is comparable to the offline movie.

To a certain extent, the huge topicality has created the film "Interview".

As Duke once said, in Hollywood and the entertainment industry, it is always better to be talked about than no one.

"Interview" is still squeezing the final profit through offline methods such as TV broadcast, Internet on-demand and DVD. In the Korean Peninsula in the western Pacific region, this film has become a political weapon.

Some South Korean organizations put the latest Warner Bros. discs to North Korea via a hot air balloon, which triggered the most violent reaction from North Korea. This time it was no longer a simple verbal protest. Yeonpyeong Island, which had just ceased fire for a few years, sounded again. With the sound of artillery, North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells at South Korea, and South Korea was unwilling to lag behind, and fired back nearly 80 artillery shells. The situation on the Korean peninsula instantly became extremely tense.

It's just that these are not what Duke cares about. His role in this incident is just a businessman. Even if he is not from the standpoint of interests, he does not possess any great internationalism.

Having said that, what does the life and death of the two shooting parties have to do with him?

Duke does not have any special feelings for the so-called certain people who are suffering.

"Compared to North Korea and South Korea..."

Sitting in the office of Warner Studios, Duke said to Tina Fei while drinking black tea, "I care more about the box office numbers of The Dark Knight Rises."

This film has been officially released from North America. The accurate statistics have just been faxed to Tina Fei by Warner Bros. She knew that Duke was not interested in watching it. She looked at the numbers on the faxed document and read directly, "The North American box office is 596.75 million U.S. dollars. It will definitely win this year's North American box office championship."

Glanced at Duke. Seeing that he did not respond, Tina Fei said again, "Although the overseas side has not all downgraded, the "Dark Knight Rise" is still not released in many countries and regions. Moreover, they have bought out the rights to the film. The relationship between the box office output and us is not particularly big."

Although "The Dark Knight Rises" was affected by various influences and ultimately did not meet the expectations of Warner Bros., Duke nodded slightly. Warner Bros. believed that this would be a film of the same magnitude as "The Avengers." But the facts have once again proved that the output of a single superhero cannot be compared with the monster spawning group.

Tina Fei continued to say, "With the addition of US$596.75 million in North America, so far, "The Dark Knight Rise" has collected a total of US$1.545.67 million in global theaters."

Compared with the worry when the film started, Tina Fei is now very calm. Such box office figures are sufficient to prove the success of "The Dark Knight Rises".

Even with so many changes, "The Dark Knight Rises" won the 2013 North American box office championship with an unmatched momentum.

After listening to Tina Fei, Duke temporarily put "The Dark Knight Rises" aside. The profitability of this film is also amazing. There are still many commercial points to be explored in the future. It is not anxious at this time, and Warner Bros. also has dedicated personnel to handle this aspect of work.

Duke continued to look through the documents and signed the documents that required his signature, including a financial report on the "Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rise" submitted by Tina Fei.

For these two films, Duke signed with Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. are based on a basic salary plus income sharing method, excluding the basic salary of 15 million US dollars and the share dividends from the two companies. In the most recent After a share of $23.5 million was received, Duke’s pre-tax income on the "Avengers" reached $232.7 million. Definitely one of the biggest winners.

Even if "The Dark Knight Rises" is only the first time the director has paid the director's share, Duke has also received a huge sum of nearly 45 million US dollars.

Naturally, among all the actors and directors in Hollywood, Duke became the veritable first income person. The remuneration paid to him is also the largest single expense among the projects he directed.

However, no one has had any doubts about this, because Duke can create more value for investors, as long as he wants, waiting for the project he directed from Malibu Duke Manor to San Diego south of Los Angeles.

but. Duke has always maintained a sober mind, and he also knows that among a series of Hollywood records and achievements, there is still a person and a film firmly in front of him-James Cameron's "Avatar."

Duke is a technical director. He never rejects any new technology, let alone pursues unnecessary on-site shooting. But compared to James Cameron’s innovation in film technology, he knows that he can’t chase after driving a sports car. on.

Before the appearance of "Avengers", public opinion believed that no one could compare with Duke in terms of total film box office, but the box office of a single film could surpass the director of "Titanic" and "Avatar", only James Card. Mellon himself.

Until the appearance of "Avengers".

It has to be said that the power of superhero team spawning is still quite huge.

A single film has the top box office in film history. This is just a title, but this title is so loud and influential that it is absolutely unimaginable. Like a movie, why use all the means, even with a lot of funds, Want to grab the top box office in film history on the other side of Taiping?

Which is not only the name, but also advantageous.

Since "Terminator 2", James Cameron’s films have been synonymous with well-made and box office bombs. As long as those who have a little research on the film industry, it is not difficult to find that the King of the World’s films have never been better than creativity. , Even creativity can only be said to be a very ordinary level.

The most typical ones are "Titanic" and "Avatar", the two films may not even be considered creative in terms of creativity.

The biggest feature of these two films is undoubtedly technology.

Duke is obviously different from James Cameron. In order to shoot an "Avatar", James Cameron can spend years improving and experimenting with new technologies. For this reason, he will not hesitate to wait for five years or even longer, and Duke Basically, the speed of filming one film a year determines that he cannot concentrate on researching new film technology like Cameron, but will only apply the latest and most mature technology to his own production.

Want to surpass James Cameron, it is impossible to use new technology.

Duke knows this very well, unless he, like James Cameron, devotes a few years to pure film technology, it is impossible.

Spending a few years on a film is obviously not Duke's choice.

Choose a creative script? Not to mention the huge risks behind the so-called creativity, just the type of large-scale production film does not require too much creativity in the story itself.

Of course, adaptation is also an option.

In recent months, Duke has also paid attention to a lot of information on the Internet or popular books, and has also won the film adaptation rights of an online novel called "Fifty Shadows of Gray". The work that shines in front of me has never been.

Warner Greater China, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, recommended to Duke a popular hard science fiction novel with a certain popularity and influence, but Duke has no interest in directing himself. He is an extremely rational person, the most irrational in this life. It only happened to Natalie Portman, the former idol. He was still very clear-headed when he treated that popular science fiction novel.

The most important movie market in the world up to now is the Western market led by North America, especially the North American market where Hollywood relies on it. The exclusivity of cultural products is absolutely beyond ordinary people’s imagination. The film adapted from a science fiction novel is most suitable. The market is still across the Pacific Ocean, and it is impossible to sell in Western markets, especially the English-speaking areas.

Without the English-speaking market, and relying only on the market on the other side of the Pacific as the main body, how to support Duke's investment of more than 200 million US dollars?

As for thinking that shooting that science fiction novel can get more than "Avatar" in the box office, that can only be said to be too much thinking...

The science fiction novel is very good, but it is not suitable for the western market. Duke is very sure about this, so Warner Greater China has obtained the film adaptation rights of the novel, and cooperated with the strongest film companies on the other side of the Pacific to strive to produce A well-made Chinese co-production blockbuster, and the target consumer group is the Chinese audience.

To sell a film, you must first have a clear enough position for yourself.

Unlike the film adaptation of this science fiction novel in my impression, in the plan submitted by Warner Greater China, the investment in this temporarily unnamed series will exceed US$100 million, and it will take at least three years to produce it. It's not the kind of bad movie that makes money for money.

Co-productions will also be a form in the future. Warner Greater China is also making more attempts. A film fund of Duke also tried to enter the Chinese market, and Duke personally approved to participate in a story about fairies and Journey to the West adapted the animation investment plan.

Duke signed a document, which was taken away by Tina Fei and passed to the relevant departments.

Finally, he opened a script, which was based on his outline and character settings, and was written by a team of screenwriters hired by Lucasfilm. The script had a striking name-"Star Wars: Original Force Awakening!

This is undoubtedly the safest plan when no suitable subject matter and type are found. (To be continued.)

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