Chapter 272： Look down on people too much

Paramount Pictures Headquarters, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Shirley Lansing looked at a document in her hand and asked her assistant: "What's the situation of this relativity entertainment? From Halloween last year to the present, there are four movies that have sold out in succession?"

She flipped through the file and frowned slightly: "Human Purification Project 2 has a global box office of 135.89 million U.S. dollars, and overseas theaters are still in theaters. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's North American box office is $161.2 million. The House of Death has a global box office of 46.87 million U.S. dollars. The global box office will soon exceed 150 million US dollars..."

Among these films, except for the North American rights of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was bought by the Embassy Pictures of Relativity Entertainment, the other three films are all produced and released by Relativity Entertainment itself, and the overseas screenings have not yet ended.

The assistant said at this time: "Relativity Entertainment was founded in 1999 by Ronan Anderson. It currently has two subsidiaries, namely Shahai Entertainment as a production company and Embassy Pictures as a distribution company."

Shirley Lansing nodded slightly: "Ronan Anderson?"

This name seems familiar.

The assistant reminded: "You once met Ronan Anderson at a party, an introduction from Tom Cruise. Ronan Anderson and Tom Cruise are now very close, and it is said that the two have a very good personal relationship."

"I remember." A young face flashed before Shirley Lansing's eyes: "Blair the Witch was also issued by Ronan Anderson's company?"

"Yes," the assistant answered.

Shirley Lansing frowned slightly: "This company is developing very fast?"

The assistant said: "The speed of development is very fast. Since the establishment of Relativity Entertainment in 1999, according to incomplete statistics, the total film revenue has reached 45.2 million US dollars. Of course, this figure is not accurate. The other party is not a listed company. Evaluation agencies can only make rough estimates."

Shirley Lansing's wrinkled face is full of thoughts: "This is in the second-tier film company, the performance is also top."

The assistant echoed: "In 2000, among the second-tier Hollywood film companies, Relativity Entertainment’s revenue was second only to DreamWorks and Summit Entertainment, but the latter’s revenue was more derived from the reissue of its huge film library."

Shirley Lansing quickly made a judgment: Relativity Entertainment is a very promising young company. Compared with the more powerful background of Summit Entertainment and DreamWorks, the strength is relatively not very strong, but the advantage is that it has multiple series of movies.

The data is very clear. The Human Removal Project has already filmed two parts. The Reaper is now preparing for a sequel. The Bourne Shadow is a trilogy. It has also reached a long-term film adaptation cooperation with Capcom of Japan on the Resident Evil game.

Movies that can be serialized are all tools for revenue.

Shirley Lansing told her assistant: "Let the people in the market research department pay more attention to this relativity entertainment, every quarter...no, every six months, submit me a related report."

The assistant quickly recorded it.

Shirley Lansing’s energy quickly turned away. A film company that even DreamWorks can’t compare to it is not worth her wasting too much time. Paramount Pictures will not put too much energy into it. If Relativity Entertainment develops Smooth, just like those small and medium-sized companies that have developed in the past, just find a suitable opportunity to directly buy it and become a subsidiary.

Not every film company is as ambitious as DreamWorks.

Although the situation of DreamWorks is not very good, and good friend Spielberg is in a lot of troubles, no one can ignore the influence of DreamWorks giants and the international consortium behind them, such as opponents of this level. Counterattack the upper ranks.

The capacity of the North American film market has almost reached its limit, and the six companies are already very crowded in the first layer of cake.

This level really cannot accommodate new companies coming to grab the cake.

At a party with Ron Mayer some time ago, the giant of Universal Pictures was right that no matter how good their relationship with Spielberg is, they must not be merciful where DreamWorks should be suppressed, otherwise their current position will not be firm.

At the beginning of July, the box office in North America officially broke the 100 million U.S. dollar mark, and the global box office reached 168.9 million U.S. dollars.

Since there is still a long show time in the follow-up, it can be said that this film has been a success.

The sequel's various negotiations have also made key progress, especially Matt Damon, as the actor. After changing the brokerage company, Ronan and Ronan had three rounds of negotiations and reached an agreement on Matt Damon’s pay. The follow-up detailed negotiations were handed over to the associate producer of the crew.

Matt Damon's sequel pays up to 10 million U.S. dollars, not including the later share.

This is also the result of Ronan's efforts to negotiate, and there is a third part behind, which can be an important bargaining chip in the next part of the negotiation.

Matt Damon is also quite satisfied with the salary to cross the tens of millions of dollars in one step.

Both parties are very sincere in continuing to cooperate and can feel each other's sincerity.

In addition, director Paul Greengrass's salary has risen to $5 million, which is also in line with the worth of a director at a box office of 100 million yuan.

Ronan is still very tight in terms of salary negotiations. Commercial negotiations are basically the same, especially in the face of celebrities whose self-confidence has almost exploded. If the price is improperly reduced, these guys will definitely dared to rebound to a jaw-dropping level. .

For example, a certain Warner Bros. crew wanted to invite a certain star to play a role in a small role. Because the director particularly admired him, he relaxed a bit in terms of pay. As a result, the actor directly asked for nearly twice as much. Net worth of 13 million US dollars in salary.

And this is not a protagonist or supporting role, but a cameo role, which is more classified as a friendly price in Hollywood.

The cooperation naturally ended, and I am afraid that the crew is also regretting the invitation strategy adopted.

Most importantly, this kind of thing has a terrifying continuity, especially for production companies.

Today, you can hire a leading actor without caring about a little salary. What about the leading actress and the director? Is the company's follow-up film project? None of the celebrity agents are simple goods.

This is not an issue involving a little money, but an issue involving very large funds.

Bourne Shadow 2, which is Bourne’s hegemony, will begin preparations in August, and filming will begin around the beginning of next year. It will be released in the summer of 2003.

After one year, the Bournegro can leave more room for offline market development.

According to Ronan’s judgment, the film’s offline market revenue may be much higher than the theater’s box office.

The video tapes of the Bournegro are in production and will be distributed in August and are expected to be officially launched in November or December.

During this period of time, the changes brought about by social politics will definitely reduce the impact.

And offline markets are different from public places like theaters that are afraid of terrorist attacks. When people are traumatized, they can hide in their homes, sit in front of the TV, and watch interesting things and healing videos.

Having said that, in this special time period, will the sales of art blockbusters produced in the San Fernando Valley be particularly good? This kind of film dissipates hostility, consumes energy, exercises, and is good for physical and mental health. It also allows the people of the United States to have nowhere to vent their anger and has a suitable channel to vent...

It is a pity that Ronan has only studied the film itself in his previous life, not the manufacturer behind the film.

Like Woodpecker,,,,, Black Factory, he really didn't know what it was.

It seems that this industry is very profitable. It is said that the overall market value even exceeds that of Hollywood. If the opportunity is right in the future, will you also get a related manufacturer? Will this be too low a force?

But I heard that the shareholders behind the major art factories in San Fernando Valley are all star companies or general groups like General Electric.

If it is true, then it is not surprising.

As long as it can make money, capital will not let go of every industry.

It was also at the end of July that Ronan met Uvibauer who had rushed back to Los Angeles from Irvine.

"They look down on people too much!"

I don’t know why, Uvibauer’s full-faced meaty face revealed a faint emotion called grievance: "No matter how I am, there is also a director who successfully adapted a movie from a game!"

Ronan knew that Uvibauer was talking about his contact with Blizzard, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Uvibauer even had a hoarse voice: "They don't sell me the copyrights of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo games, and they said that they would rather never adapt the movies or sell me the copyrights of these games. This kind of director."

"What's wrong with a director like me?" Uvibauer raised his voice unconsciously: "How can I say my first film has sold nearly 50 million dollars in box office around the world!"

Ronan has no special feelings for Blizzard and asked: "Is there no hope at all?"

Uvibauer shook his head: "There is no normal way, unless we find a way to get Blizzard."

"Forget it." Ronan thinks it is not worth investing so much energy in Blizzard's game adaptation film, and it is better to leave Blizzard's future operation on the street, and said to Uvibauer: "The game industry is developing very fast. There are too many movies, and there are many suitable for film adaptations. You can continue to look for other projects, especially those games that have just been launched."

Some game projects are eager to recover capital after they are launched. It should be easy to operate selling movie copyrights for money.

Uvibauer nodded and said: "I have a friend who played the internal version of a role-playing stand-alone game. It is said to be very interesting. This game will be launched soon. I will contact the game company first."

Ronan encouraged: "Uvi, I believe in your ability."

Even if no new project can be found, Uvibauer can return to direct the sequel to the House of Death.