One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty-Three Industry Status

After the 66th Cannes Film Festival officially ended, the two works "Adele's Life" and "Drunken Country Ballads" have undoubtedly become the object of discussion by everyone, and in North America, the latter's attention is absolutely It is unparalleled, and even before the release time has been confirmed, the discussion heat has already broken the table.

Above the Cannes Film Festival, the battle for the distribution rights of "Drunken Country Ballads" has sounded, and many top film companies in the industry, including Focus Pictures, Sony Classics, Miramax Pictures, and Warner Bros. Joining the battle, it is almost certain that this work is bound to become a member that cannot be ignored in this year's awards season.

What's more, whether it is the Coen Brothers or Renly Hall, this has become the focus of competition among major film companies.

After a long struggle, the North American distribution rights of "Drunken Country Ballads" were finally won by Sony Classics with a transaction amount of 15 million US dollars.

Note that this is only for North American distribution rights!

At present, the overseas distribution rights are still in competition, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions are striving for it, hoping to allow this work to be released locally , such a frenetic scene, even a commercial film is not too much, this is also the most popular work in the distribution rights market at the Cannes Film Festival.

Compared with other series of works such as "Adele's Life", it is more focused on the screening of art theaters. The market prospect of "Drunken Country Ballad" is widely optimistic, just because of the appeal of the Coen brothers and Renly , which is enough to make the major distributors cast a vote of confidence.

Fifteen million dollars also created the highest distribution rights deal at this year's Cannes Film Festival, completely overshadowing the Palme d'Or "The Life of Adele."

By the way, Sony Classics made a big splash in Cannes this year, winning the North American distribution rights for the three works "The Past", "Only Love Forever", and "Drunken Folk Ballads", and started preparations for this year's awards season early. tough.

This is mentioned because Sony Classics also acquired the North American distribution rights for "Bumper" at the same time.

This is definitely a change of scenery!

During the preparatory process of "Booming Drummer", all the six major Hollywood film companies took action one after another.

Warner Bros. and Paramount had a head start in the chaos, especially Warner Bros., led by Barry Mayer, who extended their partnership agreement with Renly after "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Gravity". The attitude is very positive and sincere, and it is rare to show enough sincerity to independent art films.

Then Andre Hamilton was born and quietly won the production rights of "Boom Drummer"; and secretly started to seek partners, and in the end, Andre chose Sony Classics——

Among all the independent labels in Hollywood, Focus Pictures under Universal Pictures and Fox Searchlight Pictures under 20th Century Fox are the best and far ahead. Together with Weinstein Pictures, every The awards season of 2018 is the absolute main force; and the fourth spot outside of this, there is some controversy, and many labels, big and small, can perform well, but Sony Classics undoubtedly has a slight advantage.

As an independent brand company under Sony Columbia Pictures, thanks to the substantial financial support of the parent company, the overall momentum has been steadily rising in recent years.

"Midnight in Paris", "Love", "A Parting", "Scorched Earth City", "Growing Up Education", "White Ribbon", "Moon", "Twelve Angry Men", "Frozen River" and other works It is their excellent work in the awards season in recent years. Inadvertently, they can always create no small miracle, especially the foreign language film department, and there are surprises every year. Last year's Oscar for best foreign language film and best film. Documentaries are all from Sony Classics.

This year, Sony Classics made an early effort. All the potential seeds of the awards season such as "Love Before Midnight", "Kill Your Love" and "Blue Jasmine" were all collected. With a transaction amount of six million US dollars, he successfully won the global distribution rights of "Boom Drummer".

For Andre, "The Bursting Drummer" has not even started filming, he has already paid for the cost; and for Sony Classics, cutting the beard before Warner Bros. and Paramount, the most high-profile "Hollywood" Cracker Drummer" in the bag.

It's a win-win.

It is foreseeable that in this year's awards season, Sony Classics is bound to exert its full force.

Going back to the "Drunken Country Ballad", the news of the successful copyright transaction set off a frenzy of discussion. Everyone is paying close attention to the release date of the movie, and looking forward to the early release of this work that has returned from Cannes. meet the audience.

However, the copyright of "Drunken Country Ballads" can be sold so easily and quickly, and the Coen brothers are undoubtedly the top priority, and no one can ignore their appeal in the North American market; and the movie soundtrack of "Drunken Country Ballads" has also successfully set off a The stock sales frenzy has a more direct relationship with Renly.

At the press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, the Coen Brothers once mentioned that in fact, the soundtrack of the film has been officially released ahead of the film's release, but there is no serious promotion or official announcement, so the sales performance has always been sluggish.

After the explosive response of "Drunken Country Ballad" in Cannes, it was widely spread on social media and was hailed as "the best movie of the year". The perfect combination of performance talents", and some people even marveled that "the music melody is still circling in the mind".

There are countless compliments about the movie itself; and the compliments about the soundtrack are also beyond words.

The North American release date of "Drunken Country Ballads" has not yet been determined, and it can even be said to be in the distant future. In order to ease their inner expectations and excitement, the audience turned their attention to the original soundtrack.

It is undeniable that the original soundtrack of "Drunken Country Ballads" is indeed a very good album. Although the core of the overall theme is not as consistent as that of "Don Quixote", the melodious melody and emotional lyrics are still a part of today's fast food culture. A touch of clear flow in it highlights the unique charm of folk songs.

As Le Verne said in the movie, "If a song is never new, but it's never outdated, it's a ballad."

After the Cannes Film Festival, the sales of this original soundtrack album have been rising rapidly. It only took three weeks to sell 130,000 copies on a single Tuesday, beating the regular albums of many singers and appearing on the list. No. 1 on the North American Billboard Albums Chart!

In fact, this is not the first time for the Coen brothers.

In 2000, the film "Three Kings of Prison Escape" directed by the Coen brothers, after the release of the soundtrack of the film, became very popular, not only successfully topping the Billboard album chart; Seven million copies were sold—still a booming turn of the century for the music industry; in the end, the soundtrack won a Grammy for Album of the Year the following year.

Now, the "Drunken Country Ballads" soundtrack has managed to do just that too.

Because there is no charting and no promotion, the singles in the album have not achieved remarkable results. They only entered the top 100 of the Billboard singles chart, and hovering in the low position after the 70th, they were not able to attract attention. Too much attention; but the album's sales figures are exceptionally stable, even gratifying.

In the past three weeks, the weekly sales have exceeded 50,000 copies, and it has shown a rapid upward trend. In the third week, it has exceeded 200,000 and successfully topped the Billboard Albums Chart!

This is just the beginning.

After the "Drunken Country Ballad" soundtrack successfully topped the Billboard Championship, without any publicity or expectations, it won the championship for four consecutive weeks, and then slipped to the runner-up position.

With such a result, even the official website of Billboard expressed amazement, cheering and sighing in the form of a report on the homepage, "When the movie has not yet been released, and the release date has not even been determined, this soundtrack album has already been released in the market ahead of schedule. It has won the hearts and minds of countless audiences. Is this the Coen Brothers effect? ​​Or the Renly-Hall effect? ​​As far as the current situation is concerned, it should be the latter."

evidence?

"Don Quixote" is back in the top 20 on the Billboard album chart, and that's the best proof.

Although this album never really made the charts, the slow sales figures kept it in the list for a long time, and it can return to the top 50 from time to time; but now it can suddenly burst out. The sales of 60,000 in a single, this is an incredible recovery——

The "Drunken Country Ballads" soundtrack is the only reason.

Facts have also proved this.

After falling to the runner-up position, the soundtrack remained stable in terms of sales and on-demand, staying in the top five for twelve weeks and in the top ten for a full twenty-three weeks.

It may be difficult to replicate the sales frenzy of "Three Kings"; but there is no doubt that "Drunken Country Ballads" has become one of the best-selling albums in North America in 2013, enough to occupy the top of the year-end sales charts. a place.

This is the appeal of "Renly-Hall"!

Just one name is enough to set off a frenzy in film, music and theater, not to mention Vin Diesel or Christian Wagner, even Endeavour elite agencies have to think twice, look at Sony Classics and Warner The brothers, Paramount's fight for the distribution rights of "Boom Drummer" is enough.

At this moment, in the face of the anger that broke out on the face of Christie's safety, Diesel also retreated a little bit, unable to refute, and unable to speak, the feeling of suffocation is really indescribable.

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