Chapter 1457 Another Summer Vacation

July is the official summer season.

For Qilin Movies, first "Happy Ghost 2" is released, and then Lin Lingdong has another action movie released.

Next month, "Hot Detective" jointly produced by Qilin Films and McDonald's Studio will also be released to great anticipation.

This is Tony Leung's first and last film before going to Hollywood. It is also Cannes best actor and Oscar nominee Chow Yun-fat's first Qilin film in the new year, so it is very much anticipated.

South Korean theater chains have already spent an astronomical US$5 million to buy out the issuance fees.

If calculated according to this ratio, they need at least 10 million U.S. dollars in box office revenue to recoup their costs, and almost 80 million Hong Kong dollars before they can start making money.

In the past, except for some blockbusters in Europe and the United States, few Korean movies could gross more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in box office.

This is also a huge gamble for them.

But this is not a random pursuit, nor a purposeless influx of crazy hot money like in the 1990s.

Korean theater chains have very precise calculations and considerations.

Koreans' admiration for Europe and the United States is even more serious than that of Japan.

Zhou Runfa won the honor of Cannes Best Actor and Oscar Best Actor candidate in one breath. He is definitely the number one star in Asia. No one can compare with him. Koreans naturally admire him.

The other Liang Chaowei is even more popular among young people aged 18-25 than Zhou Runfa.

Because Tony Leung is so handsome, and he has been to Korea for two consecutive years of concert tours, and he has spared no effort in publicity and interaction. He is also sunny and generous, which has brought countless fans.

With these two people together, and the blessing of Yin Jun, the world's number one screenwriter, it's strange that Korean theaters don't pay attention to it.

At this buyout price, if they play it for a long time, they might even get a profit surprise.

Faced with such a large sum of temptation, Yu Zheng still chose to refuse.

Even though the filming cost of "Hot Detective" was only 40 million, after getting these 5 million US dollars, there was still money to be made.

Wait.

Since Zhou Runfa won the Cannes Best Actor and the honor of being nominated for an Oscar, the offers from outside have already reached 10 million.

If calculated according to this calculation, there are also Yin Jun's script fees, which are definitely not inferior to Zhou Runfa's salary, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai's salary... The labor alone must be more than 30 million. Could it be that the cost of filming is less than 10 million, so it is compressed to Extreme?

This is certainly not the case.

Whether it is Zhou Runfa, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, McDonald's Studio, or Yin Jun's script, they all use a low-guaranteed dividend system.

Zhou Runfa's guaranteed salary was only 1 million, Tony Leung's was 500,000, and McDonald's and Yin Jun didn't get any guarantee at all.

What this means is that if "Hot Detective" doesn't make money, then everyone will suffer a huge loss.

But if "Hot Detective" makes money, more than 50% of the profits will be shared with them.

Everyone thinks this dividend strategy is very reasonable, after all, this is Yin Jun's script.

Therefore, in addition to the expenses of supporting actors and behind-the-scenes workers in "Hot Detective", 30 million was spent on filming and post-production.

If possible dividend expenses are included, the revenue would basically double to 80 million Hong Kong dollars before Kirin Film could barely maintain its capital - this does not include publicity and other expenses.

In the cooperation with Xiangjiang Film, many foreign theater distributors used to adopt a buyout strategy, and everything was based on their own vision.

If you bet correctly, you will get rich.

If you lose the bet, you lose money.

It was only after Yin Jun established Qilin Film Company that he gradually switched to a share-sharing strategy.

In this way, movie companies make money, distributors make money, and theater chains also make money.

Only when everyone makes money can this cooperation last for a long time.

It is precisely because of this trick that future Hollywood movies will dominate the world.

Those European films that only make art are not taken seriously by theater operators, and they lose because you can't make money for them.

If you can't make money for me, why should I show it?

Is losing money fun?

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Compared with the "small-time" Kirin Films in Xiangjiang, the two major film production companies of the North American branch of Kirin Group are busier.

This summer vacation, they have a total of 12 movies that will be released in July, August, and September, with an average of 4 movies per month.

The first release in July is "Mean Girls", which is aimed at young men and women.

Like "Happy Ghost 2" in Asia, Sophie Marceau directly attracted young people aged 15-25 across the United States and even Europe. They walked into the cinema again and again to watch this eye-catching and youthful film. Movie.

With the strong support of students, the box office of "Mean Girls" in North America exceeded US$100 million in just one week!

As a youth film, its first-week box office in North America was only 50 to 60 million U.S. dollars at best, but it doubled in one breath, which is simply unimaginable.

The source of this box office miracle is not the sudden burst of box office, but the average.

From weekends to working days, the box office is not much different every day. Even on the deserted Tuesdays and Wednesdays, there is still a single-day box office of about 10 million.

This shows the power of students on vacation! !

The same is true in Europe, with box office revenue of around 60 million in one week, breaking the previous record of "Juno".

After four weeks, the global box office of "Mean Girls" has exceeded 600 million US dollars, once again breaking multiple box office records.

Hollywood production companies began to pay attention to this "youth idol movie" category for the first time.

As a result, not only Sophie Marceau's youthful beauty image has been improved again, but several beautiful actresses in supporting roles have also become popular, and they are likely to become a new generation of pop idols.

Each of them has been getting film appointments one after another, and some of them have been invited to produce at least 3 movies.

Not to mention Sophie Marceau.

Although Sophie Marceau is not yet eighteen years old, she has already proven herself with an Oscar nomination and two blockbuster A-level productions.

Therefore, her agent Jenny received invitations to 18 movies in one breath, 5 of which were from Europe, and there were many invitations from the seven major Hollywood giants.

The highest salary is more than 10 million US dollars.

But unfortunately, Jenny had to reject them all.

The reason is that Sophie Marceau is ready to go to India for about half a year of filming with the crew of "A Passage to India" directed by David Lean.

With Yin Jun's intervention, "Journey to India" changed its past destiny.

Facing his last directorial work, David Lean decided to defect to the Kirin Group and the Disney Company after careful consideration.

He gave all copyright and distribution rights to Disney, and retained the director and final editing rights, which already made him overjoyed.

Originally, Disney was not prepared to give him the final editing rights, even though David Lean was the number one director in the UK.

But Yin Jun spoke directly and said that all production matters would be left to director David Lean, and Disney could only follow suit.

Then David Lean also received $30 million in production funds.

This amount of money is twice as much as what the production company in the UK promised!

And Yin Jun also said that he should try his best to make it as good as possible, and if it is not enough, he can still criticize it. He must make his last movie a classic without any regrets.

When David Lean heard this, he couldn't help but feel a sore nose. He felt that although the age gap between this young man and himself was too big, he was definitely his confidant.

Because of this, David Lean traveled very carefully in the United Kingdom and the United States in the past few months, spending a lot of time and energy on various preparations for "Journey to India."

After being fully prepared, he took a crew of more than 100 people and set off for India in a mighty manner.

Many people were surprised that Sophie Marceau did not pursue her victory and consolidate her status as a "youth beauty", and many girls of the same age felt lucky.

They felt that the year and a half that Sophie Marceau had left Hollywood was the best time for them to counterattack and seize her position.

Let’s ignore this matter.

Another science fiction film, "Back to the Future", which was produced by Spielberg and Yin Jun personally approved the project and funding, was actually released together with "Mean Girls".

At the beginning, its momentum was not as good as "Mean Girls", but as word of mouth spread, as film critics praised it, and as it has a deep heritage and sincere emotions, it gradually began to take off at the box office.

"Back to the Future" grossed 83 million US dollars in its second week, which was more than 67 million in its first week, and then took in another 75 million in its third week, breaking 200 million US dollars at the box office.

With the strength of these two movies, Kirin Group already has an advantage when the summer season opens in July.

But Disney and United Artists are definitely more than just these two movies.

"Top Gun", which has been scheduled for August, released two trailers in early July. The gorgeous aircraft flying, the handsome and cool pilots, especially Fei Xiang's pilot style, immediately detonated it. The eyeballs of countless young men and women.

Tom Cruise is a handsome guy, but in Yin Jun's opinion, he is still inferior to Fei Xiang.

The reason why Fei Xiang was not prosperous in his previous life was because he chose to develop in the Chinese-speaking circle.

In this life, Yin Jun dragged Fei Xiang to Hollywood for development, and with the support of the Kirin Group, Fei Xiang certainly has a super high exposure rate.

Not to mention that two years ago, the movie "Speed" was very successful in the United States. Everyone remembers this hybrid who defeated "Superman".

A large amount of publicity expenses, as well as the strong support of the US Air Force, and the emergence of various new fighter jets, have made the movie weekly magazine list "Top Gun" as a must-see in August this year. One of the important movies for a reason.

After "Top Gun" in August, United Artists Film Company will usher in another blockbuster of its own - "Die Hard" in September.

Although the starring role is Jack Chan from Hong Kong, the director is the famous James Cameron, famous for "Terminator".

After seeing the rough cut of the film, United Artists Film Company decided to treat "Die Hard" as the finale of the summer season.

If the protagonist hadn't been from Hong Kong, they would have even wanted to squeeze "Die Hard" into late August, even if it conflicted a little with "Top Gun".

But despite this, they also estimated the North American box office of "Die Hard" to be around US$200 million.

In this day and age, there are many lone hero movies like "Die Hard", but there are no movies where you are alone in a building and kill all the gangsters, and it is so hearty.

In a way, it's like an urban version of Rambo, but with more action and gunplay.

James Cameron's directorial talent cannot be underestimated!

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