Chapter 976 Greed (44)
"Warner is all focused on the DC Universe?"
"right!"
"Then they don't care about the "The Conjuring" series?"
"They want to take care of it, but the "Conjuring" series is an independently incubated project of our studio, and the cost of horror movies is not high, so they dare not get involved..."
The main reason is that the cost is low, less than 20 million, and the studio itself can solve the funding problem...
It doesn’t cost you any money, so what opinion do you have?
The DCEU is different. Every movie is a big production. The senior management has given their opinions, and they must be adopted. If you ignore it and the movie is released and the box office or reputation does not meet expectations, you must find someone to blame and adopt their opinions. Something went wrong in the movie, and the higher-ups were behind it!
The original time and space, Warner's two major movie universes, the DC extended universe, and the Conjuring movie universe.
The DC Extended Universe has worked hard, spent a lot of money, and then all kinds of flops...
On the contrary, the Conjuring universe has continued to expand its story line. So far, a total of 8 movies have been produced, and the "Conjuring" universe was born. The series has achieved great success in business and reputation, and its total box office ranks second in the horror film box office list. !
The reason...most likely is that Warner didn't interfere much...
Therefore, Shen Xudong said: ""The Conjuring" can be expanded to include "The Nun", "Annabelle", "Ghost Nurse"... and so on... By the way, we can also make a collection of short stories to discover new directors..."
"James Wan has already told me, but he was talking about a series of movies..."
"Almost, they all happen in the world of spiritualism... You and he should plan carefully and pay attention to cost control..."
Jason Blum nodded repeatedly...
The reason why Shen Xudong came up with the idea was mainly because he had investment rights in the "Conjuring" series...
Basically occupy 20% of the investment share!
By the way, when it comes to horror movies, Shen Xudong thinks of a series of works by Stephen King...
So, I asked: "Most of the copyrights of Stephen King's works are owned by New Line?"
"right…"
"The copyright of "The Return of the Clown" is also there?"
"...should be there..."
"Confirm, if it is there, you can start restarting..."
Jason Bren was confused: "Do you think something is going on?"
Shen Xudong smiled: "What do you think?"
Joseph Drake chuckled: "As long as it's a project mentioned by the BOSS, just implement it... there will definitely be a surprise!"
Jason Bren slapped his forehead in frustration: "I forgot about this..."
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Stephen King is a master of North American horror. Film and television works adapted from his works or written by him include "The Shawshank Redemption", "Stand By Me", "The Green Mile" and other high-scoring movie lists. , there are also popular American dramas such as "Under the Dome" and "The X-Files"...
There is also one that is recognized as a classic in the history of horror films, "The Shining"!
Yes, "The Shining" is also adapted from his work.
As the author of the original work, Stephen King was dissatisfied with this version of the film adaptation, and even complained about it many times...
Therefore, in 1997, he served as screenwriter himself and produced the TV series version of "The Shining".
The TV series version of "The Shining" is not scary at all. Rather than the thriller effect, this show is more concerned with character creation and the relationship between them. The core is actually quite warm.
However, Shen Xudong mentioned Stephen King mainly because of "The Return of the Clown" and "Pet Sematary"...
"The Return of the Clown" is mainly due to its high box office - the highest box office record in the history of horror films...
"Pet Sematary" was because it left a deep impression on him. It was the first in-depth American horror film he had ever seen. Before, he had always thought that American horror films were all about showing off blood and big breasts...
Pet Sematary changed his mind.
Anyway, New Line doesn’t have any good projects to develop, so if it’s a remake of Stephen King’s work, at least the original work will be there…
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In Hong Kong, Stephen Chow learned that the final domestic box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was 1.68 billion, and the overseas box office was also 35 million US dollars...
But these have nothing to do with him, because he sold "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" for 300 million!
‘Only made’ about 200 million – although the cost was 117 million, it still had to be divided among the other two investors, Culture China, Anle Film and Television…
Cultural China, which was not the original investor in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", suddenly bought 10% of the film from the Bigo Group owned by Zhou Xingchi for 8 million yuan, a 20% premium, when the film entered post-production. shares.
In other words, he needs to allocate 30 million to Wenhua China. Anle Film and Television also invested 15% and will also take away 45 million...
I originally thought that making about 200 million for a movie was a very good deal, but after the release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the stock prices of Tianmei Media, including Tianmei Media's Jiahe and Tianmei Games, rose in various ways, bringing the total to nearly 120 Billion market value growth!
Not to mention, Tianmei Media made 300 million through "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"...
Then, he heard that Tianmei Games had acquired the copyright for the game "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" for 100 million...
It’s even more uncomfortable to see others making money because of one’s work than it is for him to lose money!
But...the contract has been signed, and there are no supplementary terms in any sense.
Stephen Chow has never doubted that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" can make money, but...his prediction was still before last summer vacation - he thought that the box office would only be 800 million at most!
Now...Tianmei Media has made 400 million!
The more I think about it, the more frustrated I become...
I simply called Zhong Lifang and asked if there was any dividends or anything like that...
Zhong Lifang was a little speechless. You are a fool. You made more than 200 million from a movie, and you still want to pay dividends?
"Mr. Zhou, Tianmei has invested nearly 200 million in publicity and marketing to quickly open up the market for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"... In other words, Tianmei's cost for this movie is more than 500 million, and the current box office results are only a small profit at most. A little...you can't let us not drink any soup, right?"
Stephen Chow was silent for a moment, and then asked: "...But I heard them say that you gave Deng Chao a dividend of 120 million!"
"...In his movies, our company invests 30%, directing and acting 15%. We will give him 120 million according to the profit, which is very fair!"
The cost of "The Winner" was 45 million, with a box office of 620 million, and the film studio split the account 267 million. According to the split, Deng Chao should actually get about 100 million. Isn't this one of his own? He added a bonus of 20 million...
Deng Chao was also very generous. He gave 20 million directly to the creative team at the celebration banquet!
This matter is not a secret within the circle, many people know it, and it is normal for Zhou Xingchi to know it.
"That means no?"
Zhong Lifang curled her lips and changed her words: "...You can now exchange it for a salary of 5 million US dollars + 15% profit dividend for "The Sun is Fierce"..."
"Can I change it?"
"Can!"
"...Then I want to change..."
"Then you come over tomorrow to sign the contract and return the 10 million US dollars you received from the 15 million US dollars!"
"Can you...hey hey hey..."
Stephen Chow is still confused, but Chung Lifang on the other side of the phone has hung up...