First of all, the production side, how much investment, how much production cost, that is how much, maybe can do some tricks, but in fact, the gap will not be too big.
For example, a movie costs 10 million to make!
At least, the real investment cost is eight or nine million!
Because, if you go further, the investor’s finances are not a display.
Some people say that if the production cost is 10 million, the box office will only be tripled, and the direct box office will pay back.
But actually?
If you really rely on the box office to pay back, three times the box office is definitely not enough.
Because the cost is not only the production cost.
Publicity and distribution, if the distribution company is optimistic about the movie, they will advance the publicity and distribution funds for the film, which is also a cost.
And often the cost is not low.
Counting five million, then the total cost of this movie comes to 15 million, that is to say, the box office of the movie must be at least 45 million to pay back.
Of course, the payback mentioned here mainly refers to the box office payback.
But it depends on the distribution share.
Many giants in Hollywood release movies, and the commission can even be as large as 50%.
Yes, it's an exaggeration, right, but many small companies can only accept such a high share.
So if this is the case, the final box office of 45 million will be calculated based on 50% of the box office share. After the theater’s settlement, 22.5 million will be returned to the issuing company.
Then the issuing company must first deduct the cost of the announcement, which is 5 million, and 50% of the box office share. The issuing company can take 16.25 million at once.
The rest is the share to the producer, which is 6.25 million!
Of course, 50% of the issuance share must be slaughter, but it is normally 30%.
But anyway, this time, triple the box office, it is impossible to get back from the box office.
In fact, the distribution cost of the distributor is not that high at all, but because people control the distribution channels, unless you are a top director, otherwise, no matter how good the movie sells, you still work for the distributor!
Like "Crazy Max Fury Road", it is better. After all, Wang Yifan is not a small character, but the distribution share should be at least 10%.
And Wang Yifan's pay is also divided into the box office of the movie, so at least another 20%.
So for Matsumoto Global and Mina Group, if Wang Yifan continues to direct the sequel, then Wang Yifan's pay alone will be dead.
This is why, they clearly know that if Wang Yifan directs the sequel, the success rate is higher and the risk is lower, but they still prefer to pay a high buyout fee rather than invite him to continue directing the sequel!
Similarly, for Wang Yifan, he is not interested in continuing to direct the sequel.
It's not because of the pay issue, the pay, the sequel is definitely higher than the first.
After all, the results are done.
But the problem is that Wang Yifan dare not say anything else about the sequel to "Mad Max Fury Road", but the reputation will definitely rot.
The first one was too successful, in other words, it was too much touted.
Wang Yifan blushed when he listened to what great movie, what created a new type of movie, and so on.
So, for such a movie, a sequel, will the audience's expectations be high? Sure, but the expected value is compared with the first one. When the movie is released, the high expected value will make the first film have a good reputation, and the second one will have much backlash.
So, is it not fragrant to take money away?
I have to smash my sign.
"Hi, Wang! This is Mick Minas from Beamon Pictures, is Wang interested in chatting?"
A white middle-aged man came over and greeted Wang Yifan with a smile.
Beamon Pictures, Wang Yifan naturally knows that one of the six Hollywood giants is a film label under the DSN Group.
DSN Media Group is among the six giants in Hollywood, one of which is very powerful.
DSN Media Group is analogous to the previous Disney, but it is not as strong as Disney.
Because the DSN Media Group in this world has a development trajectory that is very similar to that of Disney in the past, and it all started from animated movies.
However, in the previous life of Disney, the development of live-action movies was very successful, but the DSN media group in this world is not so strong in terms of live-action movies.
In fact, many Hollywood giants have multiple film labels under their umbrella, and they like to divide film labels into different categories.
For example, under the DSN Media Group, there is an animation film company MM Animation, which can be regarded as the world's most powerful animation film company.
The main feature is naturally all kinds of animated movies.
This is an animation label!
Bimon Pictures is also a film label under the DSN Media Group.
However, this type of play by the owner of Bimeng Film is an action-oriented commercial production.
DSN Media Group also has labels such as Titan Films, Cat Films, etc. The main business of each label is different.
In fact, DSN Media Group had cooperated with Chinese companies earlier, but unfortunately, the co-produced films were not successful in the end.
In fact, at the beginning, DSN Media Group also tended to cooperate with Huaxin, they were very interested in the film adaptation of Jenny.
However, after market research, the effect was not good. Therefore, DSN Media Group retreated. In fact, the main reason is that it is not Huaxin Group that they cooperate most with Huaguo companies.
Later, "Crazy Max Fury Road" actually discussed with DSN Group here, but among the movies produced by DSN Group, there are very few R-rated films, because DSN Group’s best advantage and best at is Engage in family movies, movies of all ages.
Therefore, in the end, DSN Group did not participate in "Mad Max Fury Road".
Now, "Crazy Max Fury Road" has been raging all the way, and it is a double-bump in the box office. It is impossible to say that DSN Group does not regret it.
What is the company's development route, the brand is not suitable, that is, it is biased towards outsiders.
As long as the profitable project, how could they give up for this reason?
It's just because they missed it. At the very beginning of "Crazy Max Fury Road", you couldn't see anything at all when you read the script.
Simply put, this is purely a film that relies on the director's imagination.
Now "Mad Max Fury Road" has become the hottest movie this summer, the most successful movie, and because of this film, Wang Yifan also gained fame in North America and even the world.
Therefore, DSN Group will take the initiative to lean over again.
"Hello, Mick!" Wang Yifan did not resist.
After all, in business talks, there is nothing to say about this kind of thing, and Wang Yifan will not stop thinking of cooperating with the other party just because DSN Group was not optimistic before.
