Six Hundred and Fortieth IX Great Fortune

Early on Monday morning, Charlize Theron, who was newly nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars and praised by countless people as the "South African Diamond", came to the Santa Monica Valley and entered the office of Gail-Anne Hurd.

In her first film project after winning the Oscar for Best Actress, Charlize Theron chose to cooperate with Anne Heard and Paramount Pictures.

The project has no script yet, only an idea, which came from producer Anne Hurd.

Charlize Theron is not at all dissatisfied with taking on the leading role without seeing the script. This is the normal creative mode of Hollywood commercial films. The producer or film company first has an idea, and then hires a screenwriter according to the idea and market demand. Write the screenplay under the template.

Most typical commercials have done this since the early 1980s.

Representatives of them are the famous Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Under the highly commercialized production system, Hollywood has truly dispersed European films and created a situation in which the world film market is dominated by one.

In the new millennium, another producer carried forward this typical Hollywood film model.

The producer, Charlize Theron not only knew, but also worked with a very successful romantic comedy movie.

"Rival for All" is also the most commercially successful film since she entered the industry, with a North American box office of 223.84 million US dollars and a global box office of 487.2 million US dollars.

Although the outside world agrees that the biggest factors for the film's success are the leading actor Will Smith and the producer Ronan Anderson, but no one can stop her, the heroine, from taking advantage of the momentum.

What's more, she won the Oscar for Best Actress a few months later, and was even received by a generation of great Mandela, and her motherland South Africa even gave her the highest honor.

An actor has reached this point, what regrets can he have?

It might seem like there isn't, but Charlize Theron not only has, she's huge.

This regret comes from money.

"Rival in Love" was a big hit at the box office, but her salary, including union cuts and bonuses, was only a mere $3 million.

The money basically didn't stay in her account, it was thrown on the awards season and Oscar PR, and it was far from enough.

What others see is the praise of her from the media,

Roger Ebert boasted vigorously, but who knows the money spent like water?

Outsiders would never have imagined that the glamorous Oscar for Best Actress would turn out to be a loser.

Because public relations cost money, raising a boyfriend also costs money.

Therefore, when Paramount Pictures and Anne Heard offered an olive branch, Charlize Theron thought for a while and agreed.

Oscar's investment needs to be paid back, and it is best to make a profit.

The $10 million remuneration won by the agent during the negotiation also created the highest record since she entered the industry, which was several times the remuneration for the last commercial film.

And with the Oscar Best Actress statuette by her side, the agent has won more power, and she is also one of the producers.

The power in the crew is far inferior to that of Anne Hurd, but she can have a certain say in matters related to herself and avoid becoming a pure pawn in the hands of the producer.

Seeing Anne Heard, Charlize Theron asked, "I heard that another screenwriter has been confirmed."

Anne Hurd temporarily put down the work at hand, and replied: "It will be officially signed this week, Glenn Morgan."

The name is a little strange, Charlize Theron wondered: "He is?"

"The screenwriter of the "Death Comes" series." Anne Hurd said directly.

Charlize Theron nodded: "The Reaper series produced by Ronan Anderson?"

Because she is also a woman, Anne Hurd is very patient, and said: "Yes, the first screenwriter of the "Death Comes" series, this series is extremely successful, I was still a little doubtful, so I have been waiting for "Death Comes" 3" was released in North America and then signed with Glenn Morgan."

She took out a newspaper and handed it to Charlize Theron. A piece of the newspaper was circled with a red pen, which was the North American box office list.

Charlize Theron glanced at it, and the first place on the list is "Spider-Man 2", which entered the next weekend, with a box office figure of 45.18 million US dollars.

"Reaper 3" ranked second with a box office of 29.8 million US dollars.

Anne Hurd said: "It is difficult for this film to make over 100 million at the North American box office, but the production cost of three times more than 20 million US dollars is not a problem."

Box office figures are always the most powerful data for commercial films. Charlize Theron has basic approval for this strange screenwriter, but still has doubts.

After all, this "Wonder Woman" is the key to her turning from a negative to a rich man and realizing her great fortune.

Charlize Theron said with some misgivings: ""Reaper 3" is a huge success, but this is a horror film, and our project is a science fiction film..."

Anne Hurd smiled, and said: "Glenn Morgan has experience in writing science fiction film scripts, and he served as the signed screenwriter of "Universal Pursuit". The profit achieved through the offline market has also allowed Glenn Morgan to accumulate a certain amount of experience, which will definitely help the script creation of "Wonder Woman Warrior."

She further said: "Glenn Morgan is only the second signed screenwriter, Matt Manfredi is trustworthy and will do a good job in quality control of the script."

Charlize Theron nodded slightly.

Anne Hurd suddenly emphasized her tone: "One more thing, Glenn Morgan is a screenwriter that Ronan Anderson values ​​very much!"

When these words fell into his ears, Charlize Theron was instantly convinced that the screenwriter Ronan Anderson was optimistic about must be capable.

As an actor who has worked directly with her, she has reason to believe that Ronan Anderson's judgment in the film business is definitely at the top level in Hollywood.

The success of the "Reaper" series is in front of everyone, and the box office figures of "Reaper 3" are in front of her eyes.

Charlize Theron has more confidence in "Wonder Woman", perhaps this movie will become the key to the 20 million club.

As an actress, who wouldn't want to be the next Julia Roberts? First-hand business, second-hand awards, all stand at the top position.

Besides, I have to earn more money, enough money and enough influence, not only can I provide my boyfriend with a good life, but maybe I can also boost his troubled acting career.

Charlize Theron is a woman with a lot of experience, and she especially cherishes the love in front of her.

For love! She is willing to run around on the set and accept more commercial brand endorsements.

"Reaper 3" has become the only film released by Embassy Pictures in 2004 that has not won the North American box office championship so far, and with "Spider-Man 2" in the front, it is impossible to have a chance to win the box office in the future champion.

However, the box office figure of US$29.8 million in the first weekend in North America has surpassed the sum of production costs and publicity and distribution costs, and also represents the film's commercial success.

There are also predictions inside and outside the industry that the North American box office of this film will hit around US$80 million, and the global box office is expected to hit US$200 million.

As a matter of course, "Reaper 4" was put on the agenda by Shahai Entertainment again.

Having had the not-so-successful experience of "Pursuit of the Universe", James Huang has no intention of leaving horror films for the time being, and with a generous director's salary, he soon signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment as the director of "Reaper 4" Make an appointment with the producer.

Ronan only retains the final editing rights, and at the same time asks a third party to do a good job of financial supervision and control. This series of other permissions are all handed over to James Huang.

If the filming and production of the existing successful business model continues, perhaps the sequels of "Reaper" will not have any breakthroughs, and the box office and market response will also show a gradual decline, but it will continue to bring a lot of money to the online and offline markets. Commercial profit is not difficult.

Starting from "Reaper 2", the income from the offline market, including DVD rental and sales and TV copyright broadcasting, has completely surpassed the box office share obtained by the film in North America and overseas regions.

That said, the franchise has a bigger market outside of theaters.

There are many films in Hollywood. The box office numbers are mediocre or even very mediocre, but the sequels are filmed one after another. The reason is very simple, and the offline market can continue to make profits.

Ronan has read related reports that series of films such as "Reaper", "Chain Saw" and "Resident Evil" were filmed later. In terms of box office revenue alone, they must have lost money, and their profits basically come from offline sales. DVD rental market.

This is the best era for movie DVD discs. A marketable movie can often be released in multiple versions of DVD, such as luxury outfits, commemorative outfits, director's cuts, etc., and people still pay for it.

Moreover, the low manufacturing cost of DVD makes it relatively easy to pay back.

Ronan heard that Walt Disney has recently launched a "Platinum" commemorative edition plan, intending to release a DVD version of the classic animated feature films of Disney Animation Studios.

In a few years, the same Disney animation movie will definitely be released on another DVD version.

Of course, it wasn't just Walt Disney who did this.

Embassy Pictures and Shahai Entertainment are also making preparations in this regard, planning to release the high-definition DVD version of "First Blood" acquired from Yijiang Entertainment, such as "Bourne Shadow" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", etc. Before the new film is released next year, another extra version will be released.

DVDs are popular, if you don't make money now, when will you wait?

It was only a little over ten years before the DVDs really sold well.

After the start of the new week, there are still more than ten days left for the release of "Batman: Beginning of War" to further increase the promotional efforts. Even Ronan also attended several promotional activities. The "Batman" movie has experienced both word-of-mouth and market collapse , it is not easy to resurrect.

Fortunately, Bruce Wayne finally has a certain market foundation.

In addition, there is also news about the zombie comics that Ronan asked Connie to look up.