Chapter 1375: Not Fun
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"Boss, the box office statistics model in South Korea is different from that in Hollywood. Currently, we only count the Seoul area, and it is not the box office, but the number of moviegoers. The number of moviegoers in the first seven days of "Rose and Red Lotus" in Seoul was 375,000. The whole country is roughly three times that of the Seoul area, and there should be about 1 million, which is a very good result.”
Los Angeles, Daenerys Studios.
Simon is in the middle of a video call with Sung Tae Hee who is far away in Korea. The content of the discussion is "Rose Flowers and Red Lotus", which started painting in South Korea last week. After listening to Sung Tae Hee, Simon, who has a good understanding of the Korean film and television industry, said: "The first week Millions, the total number of viewers should be around 3 million, right?"
Sung Tae Hee nodded.
"According to South Korea's current average ticket price of 3,500 won, it is about 10 billion box office. The theater can get 50% of the share, minus 10% tax and 3% special fund. Well, only 37% goes to us, which is 3.7 billion. "
Hearing what his boss said, Cheng Tae-hee roughly understood what he meant, and said, "Boss, the production cost of "Rose Flower and Red Lotus" is 3 billion, and we have invested 1 billion in publicity and distribution. The box office of 3.7 billion is really not very profitable. , However, Korea’s videotapes and TV peripheral channels are also very mature, and I’m already in contact with overseas film companies such as Japan and Thailand, and there will definitely be no problem in making profits.”
""Jurassic Park 3" is expected to have 4 million moviegoers in South Korea, and "Rose and Red Lotus" is 3 million. It should be your domestic annual box office No. If you can’t take it back, it’s really frustrating.”
Cheng Taixi didn't know what to say for a while.
Simon thought about it for a while, and said, "Don't expect too much from the overseas market for the time being. Isn't Kim Dae-jung currently promoting cultural rejuvenation? For Korean movies, I think at least 10% of the consumption tax should be refunded. Well, you don't have to worry about it. I'll make arrangements."
Film tax rebate is a means adopted by many countries to support the local film industry. It is not only a tax rebate in the production stage, but also a very common thing to rebate the corresponding tax in the distribution stage.
Cheng Tae-hee on the opposite side of the video shrank his neck slightly, then nodded.
I feel useless again.
Simon noticed the aggrieved look of the woman on the opposite side, smiled, and said instead: "I see that you are beautiful again, come to North America next month after finishing "Girls of High School Girls"."
Cheng Taixi was delighted in his heart, and nodded quickly again.
After continuing to chat for a while, hung up the video, Simon leaned on the leather chair and flipped through the "Rose Flower and Red Lotus" materials in his hand again, and couldn't help sighing.
Not fun.
At the same time, I probably understand the reason why Korean movies have been completely sluggish in the past 20 to 30 years. The market is too small, and shoddy movies cannot compete with Hollywood movies. "Huahonglian" can only rely on peripheral and overseas channels to pay back the cost, and others can be imagined.
If he didn't know the development trend of Korean movies very well, Simon wouldn't have thought about it at all. It is reasonable to continue exporting to Korea based on Hollywood.
After deliberating for a while, Simon sat up again, opened the mailbox of the computer next to him, and was about to send a letter to Chen Qing to explain the promotion of tax rebates for Korean movies and possible other national support, when he found a letter from Chen Qing in the mailbox. Sent just an hour ago.
Open.
It's still all kinds of little gossip, saying that my brother made a girl's belly bigger, so I thought that she suddenly wanted a child herself.
Simon didn't know where the logic was and just ignored it.
Then I mentioned the matter of several technology companies after the split. Simon has already seen the release status documents of the two games in China. , I personally went to see the operation status of the ao instant messaging software.
Simon smiled slightly when he saw this.
Of course, Simon knew what a certain girl was thinking, and he didn't like instant messaging, so he put her on Lin Su's side, but he didn't know if Chen Qing would go crazy if ao developed like a certain penguin once did.
After the trivial comes the business.
It is mainly about Clinton’s visit to China. The Sino-US cooperation in technology, economy and trade will have a considerable impact on the future investment planning of the Westeros system in China. affect some of these terms.
After reading the email, Simon opened the draft and began to reply, including what happened just now and some of the items mentioned in the email.
After finishing this matter, I started to review the pile of documents at hand.
So until after get off work, he returned to Cape Dume Manor for dinner, and then Simon rushed to a private mansion in Beverly Hills.
The head of Westinghouse Electric, Michael Jordan, held a party here, which was the kind of warm-up and networking in advance, to prepare for the upcoming Sony film business.
On the other hand, in fact, just like when Sony just won Columbia, Akio Morita often came to hold various parties, it is still the vanity of successfully entering Vanity Fair. Regardless of the East and the West, past, present and future, many rich people have come and gone in Hollywood to pursue this luxury.
It's a pity that most of them are short-lived, and return after burning a large amount of money.
As soon as he arrived at the party, Michael Jordan came out with a group of people. In addition to Lena Kane who naturally came to hold Simon's arm, there were also executives from Westinghouse Electric's entertainment department, and two executives from Sony's film business. John Kay
Lee and Chris Lee.
Seeing this situation, Simon knew that the overall situation was settled.
As for why Chris Lee, who just messed up the last blockbuster "2013 Ultimate Postman" of Sony Pictures, can appear here, it can be regarded as Simon's return. "No." project cooperation.
When it was discovered that Chris Lee was holding a project that would allow Daenerys to actively ask for cooperation, Westinghouse obviously would not fire the other party because of the "2013 Ultimate Postman". It can be seen that it was precisely because of the failure of "2013 Ultimate Postman" that Sony made up its mind to withdraw from Hollywood and gave Westinghouse the opportunity to take advantage of it.
As for whether "Air Force One" should cooperate with Daenerys, let's talk.
Everyone sat down on a quiet terrace on the second floor of the main villa. Simon asked about the progress of Michael Jordan's negotiations with Sony. Jordan did not hide it, saying that only the last few details were left.
While talking, the topic turned to the ongoing summer vacation.
Michael Jordan half-truthfully expressed his concern. From the start of the summer file to the present, other Hollywood studios basically have no chance to play. There are very few films that are all about Daenerys entertainment. It is really stressful. .
Simon just laughed it off.
Speaking of it, Daenerys Entertainment's monopoly is nothing special to Simon himself.
Speaking of the previous timeline, since the 1970s, Hollywood has had a core, Steven Spielberg. Most people are familiar with Lao Si's blockbuster films, such as "Jaws", "The Aliens", "Jurassic Park" and so on.
In fact, it's much more than that.
Over the past 30 years in Hollywood, until the rise of superheroes, most of the super blockbuster films, such as the "Back to the Future" series in the 1980s, the "Men in Black" series in the 1990s, and the "Transformers" series after the new century, are no longer available. Plus other more non-series blockbuster movies, if you pay a little attention, you can find Steven Spielberg's name on it.
The key to why Lao Si was able to accumulate a net worth of US$5 billion in Hollywood, which is second only to George Lucas, far surpassing any professional manager in the circle, is that the large number of films brought him a huge share.
As long as the name of Spielberg is hung, it will be paid.
Of course, Lao Si didn't do nothing, but would give enough suggestions, but compared to the rewards, the matter of lip service is really very little.
The problem is that in the face of a huge investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, in order to add a layer of insurance to the project, and even just superstitiously want to put Spielberg's name on it, pay some remuneration and share for this, for As far as studios are concerned, it's perfectly acceptable.
Let's talk about the present.
Over the years in Hollywood, relying on the advantage of being a prophet in two lifetimes, Simon has gathered the luck of most of the well-known Hollywood filmmakers by himself. Spielberg can only be counted as one, and Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay, James Cameron and a large number of filmmakers who have shined in history.
This time, most of them still shined brilliantly, but most of the benefits behind this splendor were taken away by Simon.
Hence the current situation in Hollywood.
And all of this, it is obviously impossible for Simon to explain to anyone.
After attending the party here, Simon took Lena Kane and several other girls to fly to San Lucas, Mexico overnight.
The last time I came back from Europe, Janet, who was like a crazy little leopard, finally pulled Simon back from the 'evil way'. I have been very energetic recently, so I naturally want to enjoy it.
But I only stayed in San Lucas for one night, and flew to the west coast the next day to visit the women and children here.
Being busy, the time will soon come to July.
In a box office week from June 26 to July 2, the most eye-catching is a low-cost youth musical, which is naturally "High School Musical" starring Christina Aguilera.
With an excellent media score of 8.3 and the popularity of Christina's several popular singles in the past six months, the production cost of this small film was as low as US$15 million among the four new films in the same period, with an opening screen size of 2537 yuan. It earned $41.09 million at the box office in the first week.
In just one week, the production cost of 15 million US dollars was recovered, and it was properly the number one dark horse in the summer file.
In comparison, the other three films last week, Warner Bros.'s blockbuster new film "Hijacking", which cost 80 million yuan, opened to 3,314 screens, and the box office in the first seven days was only 35.71 million US dollars, barely breaking the box office. 10,000 sales threshold. Moreover, because of the comprehensive media score of 6.1 points that barely passed, the follow-up trend of "Hijacking" is unlikely to be too good, and the hope of breaking 100 million is somewhat slim.
Of course, "Hijacking" is not bad. The cost of the other two new films is higher than that of "High School Musical", but the opening box office can only be described as dismal.
If the previous films such as "Jurassic Park 3", "The Haunting of the Mortuary 3", and "Rush Hour 2" are still the embodiment of Daenerys' entertainment strength, the sales of "High School Musical" this time can only be Once again, use fantasy to describe it. A review article in the "Hollywood Reporter" is half joking and half serious, saying that Simon Westero seems to have mastered a magic wand that can make all his movies sell well.
Of course Simon doesn't have a magic wand, but it's definitely a matter of cheating.
After the two new films ranked first and second respectively, it is worth mentioning that "The Haunting of the Mortuary 3", which opened last week, fell by 41% in the next week, earning 30.29 million US dollars, ranking third on the list, and the cumulative box office reached $81.63 million.
After that, "Jurassic Park 3" dropped 37% in the fourth week of its release, earning 27.19 million US dollars, ranking fourth, with a cumulative box office of 320.15 million US dollars, officially breaking through the 300 million US dollar threshold.
In addition, other films such as "L.A. Confidential" and "Rush Hour 2" are in the final stage of the single-week box office falling to less than 10 million US dollars.
Look beyond Hollywood.
In South Korea, after 375,000 viewers in Seoul in the first week, "Rose and Red Lotus" fell by 37% in the second week, and once again gained 236,000 viewers. A total of 611,000 movie viewers in two weeks, steadily marching towards one million. Based on the ratio of Korean movie moviegoers nationally equivalent to about three times the Seoul area, "Rose Flower and Red Lotus" has basically locked in this year's Korean local movie crown.
On the other hand, it is inconvenient to only count the box office in the Seoul area. Simon also explained to South Korea to promote the nationwide network of Korean movie ticket sales as soon as possible.
Friday, July 3.
A new box office week is also another hot Independence Day weekend in the summer. The most noteworthy new film is undoubtedly Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece "Saving Private Ryan".
This is also the last film contract owed to Daenerys Entertainment by Lao Si since the Universal era. After the completion, the two parties will have nothing to do with each other.
The former Spielberg has gradually become less popular. It started with the rise of the two major movie universes of Marvel and DC. This time, the two major movie universes are basically controlled by Simon, let alone Daenerys Entertainment. The unrivaled and powerful resources that Hollywood possesses.
All in all, if Simon wanted to suppress anyone, it would be easy.
On the same day, July 3, before the Independence Day holiday, Westinghouse Electric and Sony Japan officially announced that Westinghouse bought all of Sony's film business units for US$2.75 billion and assumed US$1.33 billion in debt, declaring Hollywood The big studio landscape is changing again.
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