Chapter 80: Business cooperation

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On Monday morning, the week’s work restarts time. This should have been a lively day, especially for film companies. If the films released last week were to be sold, the entire company would be full of laughter, but at this time Fox Tower At the weekly meeting, the expressions on everyone's faces were heavy and depressed.
There is no caa vampire, no "Interview with the Vampire" main creative team, as the most important investor, the senior officials of 20th Century Fox, did not hide their disappointment.
"Amg and emperor entertainment rejected our request to expand the scale of "Interview with the Vampire" and compress "Course to Death Island."
Tim Fisher, who just took over the position of director of the film distribution department, broke the silence in the conference room. "Without the support of beautiful box office data, we have no capital to fight for."
He looked at Townsend Rothman, opened the latest statistics in front of him, and read to everyone, "Interview with the Vampire" received $6.21 million on Sunday, and the North American box office totaled $28.3 million for the first three days."
If placed in normal times, this result can basically guarantee the position of a weekly box office champion, which is obviously impossible now.
"The Sunday box office of "Break into Death Island" was 11.13 million ∑, U.S. dollars!" Tim Fisher said, regardless of other people's faces, "The box office on the first Wednesday was as high as 36.79 million U.S. dollars!"
It seems that he wanted to remind the many high-level people present. Tim Fisher raised some voices, "Everyone, this is not just a position of the weekly box office champion, it means that "Interview with the Vampire" can only be under its shadow. show!"
"Maybe it will see a huge drop next week."
Hearing this utterly mindless voice, Tim Fisher immediately retorted, "The audience rating of Duke Rosenberg’s film has been maintained at over 85%! This is "Life and Death" After the large-scale screening of "Speed", the audience's reputation is unmatched! Don't forget that the highest weekend box office of "Life and Death" is only 34.75 million US dollars, and the final North American box office is more than 130 million US dollars! The global box office is as high as 350 million. More than ten thousand dollars!"
The people just stopped talking, and the conference room fell silent again. After all, they are not laymen. With the support of such a strong audience’s word of mouth, "Break into the Dead Island" is bound to maintain a healthy box office decline in the next few weeks, and the final box office how many?
One hundred million dollars is definitely not the end of this film, right?
Townsend Rothman, who was sitting in the first place, jumped out of this idea unconsciously. According to the plummeting word-of-mouth and the predictions of major organizations, the North American box office of "Interview with the Vampire" is more than 100 million yuan, and "Brave to Death Island" "As long as the follow-up is not excessively weak, it is likely to go straight to 150 million US dollars.
I advocated the introduction of "Life and Death Hour", but rejected "Brave to Death Island"...
At this moment, Townsend Rothman's feeling in his heart can only be experienced by himself. A summer file can launch two or three North American movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan. His position as the CEO will definitely sit more firmly!
He regretted it a little bit. If he had chosen Duke Rosenberg instead of caa’s project, although he had to accept one-fifth of the other party’s investment, he would only enjoy the same proportion as measured by the contract between Duke and Warner. Short-term revenue sharing cannot share long-term revenue.
What about caa? "Interview with the Vampire" profit is certainly not a problem. It seems that caa can only get a commission of 10% of the total film revenue. It seems that the ratio is reduced by half, but it is a long-term share!
In other words, as long as "Interview with the Vampire" can still bring benefits, one tenth of it will always belong to caa.
It is almost a foregone conclusion that "Interview with the Vampires" itself is not as good as "Course to Death Island" in terms of revenue, and it is necessary for vampires to share the long-term benefits. Which project was more cost-effective?
Townsend Rosman didn't think about it clearly for a while, he only determined one thing, shouldn't give up Duke Rosenberg so easily!
"I have a suggestion!"
The words that sounded still belonged to Tim Fisher, who seemed to be particularly active today, "I have definite news that Duke Rosenberg has filed two scripts with the Screenwriters Association, and one of the sci-fi scripts has been completed! There is a wider range of explosions in the script!"
As soon as these words came out, the Fox executives present immediately refreshed. Hollywood believes nothing but interests and data. The success of two successive films has proved Duke Rosenberg’s directorship, not to mention that it is still Crazy explosion scene! That crazy man full of destructive desire is definitely a genius in this regard!
Without waiting for others to speak, Tim Fisher quickly said, "I suggest that we reconnect with Duke Rosenberg! Try to get him back to the Fox camp, and let the pre-review department go to the Screenwriters Association. Check the script he filed so that the review process can be started at any time!"
"I agree!"
"I agree……"
Many people agreed, as long as they can bring benefits, they don't care who the partner is!
Townsend Rothman put his hands on the table and slowly lifted his chin as if he was thinking. In fact, he knew very well that, like Tim Fisher, who had a conflict with Duke, he was an executive of a commercial company. , Face is never as important as performance!
"If I remember correctly..." he said slowly, "Duke and Warner Bros. signed a 1+2 contract?"
"It's a 1+2 contract!" Tim Fisher has obviously done enough preparations, "but there is a remark clause in it. Only under the same conditions, Warner Bros. has the priority investment right."
Upon hearing this, Townsend Rothman no longer hesitated, "Contact Nancy Josephson as soon as possible... so, ask her out, I will talk with her personally, and when Duke returns to Los Angeles, I will invite him to attend. Fox’s party!"
"We have no party plans for the time being." A person next to him said suddenly.
"Then it will be held once!" Townsend Rothman snapped.
Also on this Monday, "Break into Death Island" began its North American publicity tour, which is different from catching flights everywhere in "Life and Death". Duke, Lee, Cage, Harris, and Naomi Watts, etc. The publicity team composed of cast and crew members took a business jet belonging to Warner Bros., and the excellent first week box office results of "Break into Death Island" undoubtedly gave Warner a reassurance.
As soon as he arrived in Seattle, Duke received a call from Nancy Josephson. He was not surprised by the changing attitude of Twentieth Century Fox. This is a society chasing commercial interests. There is nothing between him and Twentieth Century Fox. The contradiction of reconciliation, and under the condition of sufficiently large interests as the prerequisite, no commercial contradiction is irreconcilable.
Although the cooperation with Warner Bros. was very pleasant, Duke would not be stupid enough to hang himself on a tree. Even if he couldn’t make any promises to Twentieth Century Fox, he still told Nancy to talk with them first, even if it didn’t happen in the future. There is no chance for cooperation in the future, not to mention that this can also put some pressure on Warner Bros. in the negotiation of the next film in order to fight for greater benefits for oneself.
Business cooperation is like this. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. If Tom Cruise is invited to star in a movie, he can maximize his benefits. Duke will not hesitate. He will still praise the four fans at a fan meeting in Seattle. Like the male and female protagonists, they tout Liangtang's acting skills to the cloud.
However, Duke did not have many opportunities and time to speak in publicity activities. The publicity was still carried out around the actors and the film itself. Of course, a large number of fans knew him, a young director full of explosive and destructive desire in the media.
"Speaking of which, I want to thank you, Duke."
Back at the hotel in the evening, a few people went to the bar downstairs. While sitting together drinking, Nicholas Cage suddenly said to him,
On the afternoon announcement, those fans are crazy for me. This is never before. of."
"In the future you will get used to it."
Picking up the glass, Duke and Cage touched and said before drinking, "Believe what I said to you, if you follow the current path, Nicolas, you can become a Hollywood icon in the nineties One of the characters."
"You really look like a medieval magic stick now!" Sophia, who was next to him, hit him unceremoniously.
"No, Sophia, I think what Duke said makes sense."
Without waiting for Duke to say anything, Cage refuted. What he enjoyed today is the feeling of a superstar he has never had before. "This is the first time I and Duke have worked together. I think this will be a turning point in my career. I have been up and down in Hollywood for nearly ten years. Although my acting skills have been affirmed, there is no box office success. If I used to be an unknown actor, today I feel that I am a Hollywood movie star!"
"This cup respects you, Duke!" Nicholas Cage solemnly raised the cup.
Christopher Lee, who had just finished a glass with Cage, also raised his glass, "I also want to respect you, Duke."
The old man’s expression is equally serious and solemn. Since he chose to step into this Vanity Fair, no one wants to be famous and become a celebrity who can be famous throughout the United States and the world. Now Christopher Lee undoubtedly enjoys all that John Mason brings.
"It looks like," Duke and Lee touched their glasses. "You guys are going to get me drunk today."
These are all jokes. A few people have a contract, and they will fly to other cities to run the promotion the next day. They are not drunks themselves, and they will definitely not get drunk.
According to the plan, the crew is still going from east to west, passing through the most important ticket warehouse cities in North America. Routine fan meetings and media conferences followed, and the crew became entertainment in a short time. The focus of the media.
While running the propaganda, Duke also noticed another thing. After Fox had talked with Nancy Josephson in the 20th century, the media discredited him and the voice of "Risk to Death Island" weakened a bit, Fox. Obviously releasing goodwill.