Chapter 825 Harvest From Early Investment
"You are also optimistic, then I can be completely relieved. How is the company's current situation? Simply report to me. You also know that I have been battered recently and have no time to read the briefing."
Donna Lande smiled helplessly. Obviously, she was also aware of the troubles her boss had gotten into recently. She sat back and put on her glasses. The information I was looking for was passed to Yang Cheng.
"This is the relevant report, film review, and box office trend records of "Mission: Impossible 5". The detailed content is recorded above. It has not yet been released, and the North American box office is close to underdrawing. The total box office in North America is approaching 200 million U.S. dollars. It is fixed at 190 million US dollars, which is also a good result.”
When Yang Cheng heard "Mission: Impossible 5", he couldn't help but feel a little headache. The woman he once had sex with was even stuffed into a small role by him in the crew, and he didn't know how she performed.
I was so busy afterwards that I completely forgot about this, what a sin, I didn't expect that the movie has already been released, Brother Cruise is really desperate.
Shaking his head, he remembered to call Zhang Jingchu for a while, so as not to be misunderstood as ruthless. Of course, he would not think about sending people to prison, because he couldn't do such unworthy things. Negotiate the price slowly until the price is reached, and send people to prison. Normal people can't do this. Besides, Zhang Jingchu is very sensible. She never asked him for anything, and she never even contacted herself , what a nice girl.
Leaving this matter aside, Yang Cheng focused on the information in his hand:
On July 31, "Mission: Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation" was officially released in North America. Before that, the world premiere was held in Vienna, Austria, and the atmosphere was good.
After the premiere, many authoritative media gave positive comments after watching the movie. From the point of view of word of mouth, "Mission: Impossible 5" can be regarded as the best work in the series. Of course, the sample of early film reviews is too small to make a final evaluation, but it can still be used as a viewer. Movie reference.
Followed by a series of media evaluations - Metacritic film review online, the overall score of this film is 78 points, 3 of the 14 film reviews have medium reviews, and the others are all positive reviews. The editor of the movie website Hitfix even gave 100 points full marks.
The freshness of "Mission: Impossible 5" on Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 96%, and only one of the 26 film reviews gave a negative evaluation. This kind of reputation can only be matched by "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" this year contend.
The stunt scenes that can ignite adrenaline are undoubtedly the biggest highlight of "Mission: Impossible 5". The many action scenes in this film are exciting and exciting, and they are still the "Mission: Impossible" series familiar to the audience.
Tom Cruise, who is over 50 years old, is still not old. In this film, the high-altitude action scene he personally participated in is a topic that many people talk about. The heroine Ilsa played by the Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson is also eye-catching. As soon as she shined, her performance also won a lot of praise.
However, the plot of the film has been complained about a lot. However, for Hollywood mainstream commercial blockbusters, the most important thing is to watch it well. Many media who complained obviously know this, and the scores are still good.
"Entertainment Weekly"
"Mission: Impossible: Nation of Impossible" may not be the best "Mission: Impossible" series, and it may not be the most gripping or most coherent.
But Hollywood should be making more movies like "Mysterious Nation": a thrilling, smart commercial entertainment from start to finish.
"Variety Show" - there are very few excellent sequel movies like "Mission: Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation". Very surprising.
IndieWIRE – While the Mission: Impossible franchise isn't anything new, it doesn't feel like it's going to end right away given the quality of the film.
The Hollywood Reporter - Mission: Impossible: Nation's recipe is familiar and time-tested, but this cocktail tastes better than the rest, thanks to the director Christopher McQuarrie.
Time Out - Tom Cruise strings together this entertaining but hollow commercial blockbuster with a string of good action sequences.
Total Film—Mission: Impossible: Nationwide isn't lacking in high-tech gear, but it's a delightful old-school action movie.
The - Not long ago, Paramount released a number of posters to commemorate some classic stunt shots in the "Mission: Impossible" series.
In the first work of the series directed by Brian De Palma, the shocking robbery at the CIA headquarters is naturally the first; when it comes to "Mission: Impossible 4", many people will first think of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. As for "Mission: Impossible 5: The Mysterious Nation", which is currently being screened, the poster shows the scene of picking up an airplane with bare hands at high altitude performed by Tom Cruise himself.
Many fans of this scene have already experienced a small part in the trailer. Paramount regards this stunt scene as a new classic, perhaps because this scene can become the best footnote of the "Mission: Impossible" series: Filled with eye-popping stunt scenes, it's an undeniably crowd pleaser.
That aside, the plot, the characters, and the motivations that drive the plot are just floating clouds, elements that are easily forgotten in every Mission: Impossible film.
The plot of "Mysterious Kingdom" is guided and connected by wonderful stunt scenes, such as the protagonist Ethan Hunt jumping on the plane and grabbing the fuselage on the side of the plane; the intricate assassination in the opera house; Complex and detailed underwater scenes; breath-taking motorcycle chase scenes and more.
These scenes are like the pillars of the tent, connecting all the plots and action scenes in series.
Oddly enough, it's a very successful one, though it's frustrating how transparent the film's frame is.
Putting aside the painful plot, there are many well-crafted, brilliant and thoroughly edited action scenes in this film.
Much of the credit goes to cinematographer Robert Elswitt and director/writer Christopher McCauley, who, by McCauley's own account, sat in "director's prison" for more than a decade until three years ago Directed "Jack Reacher" to see the light of day again.
The famous "sofa door" incident in 2006 caused Tom Cruise's public image to plummet. The film crew had planned to let Jeremy Renner succeed Cruise as the leading actor in the "Mission: Impossible" series. The arrangement is somewhat ridiculous.
In "Mysterious Nation", Reiner is portrayed as a well-dressed and bureaucratic character, who is the communication bridge between the Hunter team and the CIA director. Obviously, such a character will not be able to become the core of the team in the future.
The most absurd part of the whole film is to portray the protagonist Ethan Hunt as a hero with telepathy.
He is described many times in the movie as an irresponsible gambler, not only by his friends, but also by his enemies and almost everyone related to him.
Hunter himself has shown a "special ability", he can always be one step ahead of others.
In fact, what is even more stupid is the ending of the film. Hunter is forced to face a syndicate villain, who seems to have a stronger ability to foresee, and also drives Hunter into a seemingly unsolvable dilemma, but Hunt However, Te defeated the villain by relying on the protagonist's aura inconceivably.
But none of the above can conceal that "Mission: Impossible 5" is an excellent popcorn movie, and that's enough!
After reading the film reviews, Yang Cheng nodded in satisfaction. At least her naive investment was considered a success this time. After that, Yang Cheng was not interested in reading the industry reviews and excerpts from online reviews, so she just turned to the last page to read. The most noteworthy box office, as Donna Land said, the film's box office potential in North America has basically been squeezed out. It is not ordinary difficult to successfully break through 200 million US dollars, so you have to pay a lot of publicity fees for this. Speaking of Paramount, New Era Pictures is also unwilling.
In addition, the "Mission: Impossible" series has been performing well in overseas markets around the world, even far surpassing the North American market. After all, Cruise's reputation in North America has become rotten, but he still maintains a modest gentleman overseas. , Desperate Saburo's high-quality image, so when Yang Cheng saw that the overseas box office exceeded 300 million US dollars, there was no expression of surprise on his face.
Now there is still some time before the global release, and it is not a problem to try to reach 400 million US dollars. In addition, the country Z market should also be able to win 100 million US dollars at the box office. It is estimated that after the full release, the total box office should reach 700 million US dollars. , Compared with the investment of more than 20 million US dollars at that time, Yang Cheng made a lot of money.
According to the account sharing ratio agreed at the time, he will get 15% of the global box office. Of course, it does not mean that 15% of the 700 million US dollars will be directly transferred to his own account, which is too ridiculous.
On the basis of a series of necessary expenses such as distribution fees and taxes, the proportion of 15% is divided. When there is a little advantage, other films need to deduct the production costs before dividing the accounts between the producers and investors, and according to According to Yang Cheng's request, he had to withdraw 15% in advance, and then deduct the production cost from the rest, and share the accounts proportionally with other investors.
Such a form of account sharing is very common in Hollywood, especially those films that introduce Wall Street capital. After all, no one knows how the box office will perform before the film is released. Go to supervision, or directly gamble on the box office.
A good performance like "Mission: Impossible 5" can naturally make a lot of money, but once it hits the market, it will not make any money at the box office, so it can only start with the peripherals in the later stage, and Yang Cheng chose to give up peripheral income , he can only gamble at the box office. Fortunately, he has the strongest cheating device in history, and he won this risk-free duo game!
As for Paramount and Cruise, neither of them will make less money, and the peripherals are the big ones!
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