Chapter 140

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Because of the impact of the September 11 incident, Hollywood was deserted in September. Few people paid attention to the release of any new films, and no one cared about which male star and which female star they had. The focus of the United States and even the whole world was on the ruins of Manhattan, New York. However, the films released in early September and now, regardless of the CASS and production scale, were not only on the streets There will be a rare exciting situation for Fox Searchlight this year, despite the desolation of the film market and the sadness of many distribution companies.

Although the movie was forced to be released eight weeks after it was shown in the cinema, the dazzling results are enough to make many people excited and benefit at the same time.

"Sit down, Tony."

Seeing Tony Goodman walk into the office, Golding Clyde is extremely friendly. "What's Murphy up to these days?"

Tony gusman blushed as if he were a teenager younger. "In addition to asking us for a share of the box office, he was preparing for a new project."

"Oh?" Godin Clyde was immediately interested. "Do you know the details?"

"He didn't disclose." Tony gusman shook his head. "I went to Stanton studio yesterday, and he said he would show us the script and the general plan when it was finished."

"Keep in touch with Murphy!" Golding Clyde said firmly

Obviously, Murphy Stanton is a rising director.

"I understand." Tony gusman said.

A low-cost horror film with a production cost of only US $800000 finally took us $61.89 million from North America, and it's not the way of relying on the distribution company to take advantage of "the witch Blair". Such a director deserves the attention of any company.

Just when Tony gusman thought so, Godin Clyde suddenly changed the topic, "there is a new position of deputy director in the marketing department."

Hearing this, Tony gusman's eyes lit up immediately. This is his chance!

Sure enough, Golding Clyde said, "you are the first one to recommend chainsaw. You have made great contributions to the company this time. I have recommended you to the board of directors."

Tony gusman was overjoyed. "Thank you, thank you, boss."

Godin Clyde waved his hand. "Without you, there won't be" chainsaw thriller, "and there won't be a company with Murphy Stanton. You deserve it."

He nodded his head hard. Tony gusman was overjoyed and suddenly thought of the name of Murphy Stanton. If he had chosen to cooperate with him when he was in park city and bought "fruit candy", he might have been promoted a long time ago.

The opposite Godin Clyde stopped talking, and Tony gusman knew it was time to go out.

Think of and Murphy - Stanton to maintain close contact, he left ahead of the boss, "Murphy has several times urged the box office."

Golding Clyde frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "tell him that the money belonging to Stanton studio will not be less than a cent, but it will be paid in installments after the company has gone through the process. By February next year at the latest, all the money shared by the North American box office will be remitted to Stanton studio."

This is already a relatively fast payment speed in the Hollywood industry. He and Fox Searchlight have no intention of tampering with each other. The box office in North America is relatively transparent, and Murphy Stanton is obviously in a period of rapid growth, so he is an excellent potential partner. Besides, the story of the electric saw is obviously not finished. There should be a sequel with Stanton studio It is not a wise choice to create irreconcilable contradictions.

In other words, if the other director is directing a movie like "the witch Blair", he really needs to think about the number of shares and the payment time, a director who overdraw the market

Although they may not be able to cheat, it is not difficult to delay for one or two years, which can also ease the liquidity pressure of film companies.

Just like Golding Clyde's consideration, Hollywood film companies always make appropriate adjustments according to different objects. This is a standard business circle. Business reputation is necessary, but there are also many ways to cheat.

A week after the September 11 incident, Fox Searchlight sent a financial statement to Stanton studio, and Murphy's lawyer Robert and accountant bill reviewed it. There was basically no problem. However, the North American box office split statement was sent, and the split payment had to be paid in installments, and it would take quite a long time to pay in place.

This is a common practice between Hollywood distribution companies and production companies. When the strength and status of the two sides are quite different, sometimes the payment time can be delayed until it is collapsing. For example, it's not without the fact that a debt default is finally brought to court.

Murphy didn't have much opinion on the half year payment period of Fox Searchlight. At the beginning, the contract between the two parties stipulated that the payment should be made within 10 months after the next filing in North America. Fox Searchlight was not delaying the payment, but releasing goodwill.

Compared with the accounting period, he is more focused on the financial statements of "electric saw".The film made a total of $61.89 million at the box office in North America. After deducting various taxes, Fox Searchlight, as the distributor, got a share of $30.5 million. Some of the money has been paid in place, and some of it is still in the accounts of the major courtyard lines.

However, the report from Fox Searchlight already has a clear proportion.

Starting from the publicity period after Stanton studio signed the distribution contract with Fox Searchlight, Fox Searchlight has invested a total of 5.5 million US dollars in publicity and marketing expenses, and more than 500000 US dollars in miscellaneous small expenses such as storage expenses, transportation expenses, labor expenses, public relations expenses and insurance expenses.

According to the contract between the two parties, these fees will be included in the 25% of the North American box office of Fox Searchlight. Stanton studio does not need to pay separately, and they do not need to deduct from the box office of the cinema.

That is to say, the Fox Searchlight needs to intercept 25% of the $61.89 million from the $30.5 million, which is about $15.5 million.

The remaining $15 million is not entirely owned by Stanton studios.

There is a supplementary clause in the distribution contract between the two sides, that is, all copies of the movie will be printed by Fox Searchlight, and the cost will be paid by Fox Searchlight temporarily, and finally deducted from the North American box office share.

Fox Searchlight adopted a conservative distribution strategy. At the beginning, there were only 30 copies. It didn't start large-scale printing until "electric saw" showed enough market potential. The number of copies reached 2560 in the end.

This statement is attached with a financial statement of the film printing factory. Because of the long-term cooperation with Fox Searchlight and the relationship of large-scale printing, the price of a single copy is not as high as the $3000 estimated by Murphy. The unit price given by the printing factory is $2450, which is basically the average level of large-scale printing in the industry.

As a result, the cost of copying is as high as $6.27 million, which Fox Searchlight needs to deduct from $15 million.

In this way, Stanton studio can get a North American box office share of about $8.7 million.

But this is not a real revenue figure.

After getting the financial statement of Fox Searchlight, Stanton studio also made an expenditure budget here.

A considerable part of the $8.7 million will be spent on various expenses.

Although the zero pay of Murphy made bill rosis unable to get a commission from his agent, he didn't complain. At the beginning, he actively ran for the preparation and distribution of the film, on the one hand, because he was optimistic about Murphy's future, on the other hand, because he could get a certain percentage of the box office.

It's not a high figure, but it's three times his annual income in CAA.

Bill rossis can take 250000 dollars.

From the perspective of giving and reward, he is also worth the money.

On the other hand, the movie has been put on record in the writers' Union, directors' Union and actors' Union. It belongs to the trade union project. While enjoying the protection of the trade union, it also needs to pay a certain amount of money to the trade union. According to Hollywood practice, most of the money is paid after the film gets the actual income.

The so-called trade union filing and protection is more like a routine for a small project such as electric saw. The trade union will not pay too much attention to it, and its role is actually out of the question.

However, Murphy does not intend to default. Hollywood has formed mature rules of the game for a long time. It is better to follow these rules of the game before it has certain strength.

After all, he is now a director, not a prisoner in prison, not a free journalist.

The expenses are more than that. Philip Raschel, David Robbie, Helena and James Franco employed by Murphy are members of their respective trade unions. After the writers strike in 1988, several professional trade unions won the right to participate in the film revenue sharing for their members.

Although the share ratio is very low, if you don't want to get into trouble, this part of the money must be paid.

In the production of electric saw, Murphy basically employs people who don't have many qualifications, and the dividends that need to be shared with them are not much. In many A-class productions in Hollywood, if the production team is strong enough, it can often share half of the profits with the production and distribution company.

This is one of the reasons why many Hollywood companies use some obscure means. No company wants to see its own costs piled up infinitely, and then its profit margin compressed to a very small level.

In addition to other small expenses, after the Fox Searchlight payment is in place, the actual revenue of Stanton studio's North American box office is about $8 million, not counting the extremely complicated corporate taxes that Murphy still can't fully understand.

Compared with the North American box office of US $61.89 million, this figure seems very insignificant, but the box office cake is far from being shared by the producers alone. Moreover, the investment of US $800000 in exchange for us $8 million in North American box office revenue, and the investment return ratio of ten times is absolutely amazing in the film industry.What's more, it's just the North American box office, followed by TV copyright, video and overseas markets. (to be continued). )，。