Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 95 Demiurge

"Eleven million on the first day? Thirteen million on the next day? Sixteen million on Friday?... 40 million net in three days? Is this the way Wall Street plays?"

When Frank, the head of the project department of Fox Films, saw the report submitted by his subordinates, his twisted facial features had already revealed his helplessness at the moment.

It's different from other movies. What's more, the premiere on Wednesday and the full release on Friday. The traditional way of promoting movies on weekends has long been abandoned by truck drivers. It premieres on Monday and shows at midnight on Wednesday. Anyway, it occupies a big summer vacation. I'm not afraid that no one will enter the theater at all!

"Head, the climbing growth rate on weekdays is the norm for summer movies. Although their growth rate is larger than usual, the distribution time of the audience is what gives us a headache..."

When Frank stared at the numbers on the front page of the report, as if he was about to completely ignite the amount in his hand with fierce eyes, the subordinate who had already seen the high-level data sighed, and pushed the other data in his hand to the other party. in front of.

"Except for the day of the release, when the moviegoers are relatively average throughout the day, the crowds on Thursdays and Fridays are all concentrated in the evening. According to the statistics sent by the North American Cinema Alliance, the box office of movies in the morning accounts for 10% of the total amount of the day. Seven percent, from after twelve o'clock to six o'clock in the evening, the movie box office is 31 of the day, and the remaining 62 is all from night."

"According to the moviegoing age group according to the statistics of the theater chain, the guys who can go to the theater during the day are basically college students who have gone on vacation. There are also guys dressed as staff, but they are rare. As for children, it is even rarer. , but about 60% of the audience who walk into the theater at night are family-based units..."

Speaking of this, the manager of the business department, who had hoped that "Terminator 2" would not be a big hit at the box office from the first day, gritted his teeth, pondered for a few seconds, and then slowly reported when Frank looked up. Calculated data—

"In other words, 14.88 million of the total box office of 40 million is related to Roland Allen—or in other words, under the operation of Ronald Perelman, Roland Allen Len's fan base will be able to see the film easily."

Fuck…

When Frank heard the number 14.88 million, he covered his mouth and nose with his fists and opened his mouth. Although he cursed silently, the shape of his mouth was seen by his subordinates. Clearly.

Thirty-seven percent of the box office was driven by Roland?

This number is amazing, isn’t it?

Although he understands that this kind of statistics must be full of all kinds of moisture, because it is impossible to send people to every theater in America, regardless of whether it is the North American Theater Alliance or those professional companies that specialize in data analysis. Count with your own eyes how many children walked into the theater.

Moreover, this estimated number definitely includes the votes of parents who brought their children to the theater. As for whether those parents like Roland or "Terminator", this kind of question can never be entangled!

But even if they dehydrate the data and deduct according to the average population rate of a father with two children, the box office revenue that Roland will affect will reach 9.92 million, plus those who enter the theater during the day, but The number of people directly ignored by theaters and data companies, and his box office influence, can still climb to seven figures!

Three days, ten million?

Compared with those movie stars who cost tens of millions, this kind of delivery ability is still far behind.

Harrison Ford, 10 million a day is easier than eating and drinking.

Clint Eastwood, even though his golden age has gradually faded away with the end of the era of escorts, he can still sell 15 million tickets in three days.

Not to mention the creamy boy Tom Cruise, in the garbage book, there is a guarantee if he is there.

but!

Compared with them, Roland Allen's situation is different!

They are all adults!

Their fans are all mature groups with certain self-purchasing power!

After seeing a movie released by a favorite movie star, fans of these guys can take out steel coins from their wallets and go to the theater to support each other based on their own preferences without discussing with others!

And Roland Allen's fan base is mostly children!

Before being financially independent, without a stable source of income, and in the face of the obstruction of the R-rated movie viewing rules, these children can still contribute a strong purchasing power of 10 million within three days?

Although it is said that children's money is the best cheat, "Harry Potter" is by capturing a generation of children, in order to be unstoppable in the box office of film history, so that when "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is released, there will be a bunch of grown-ups. Children who have grown up pay for their childhood feelings, but—

Compared to those PG-rated movies, Roland's harvesting ability in the field of R-rated movies is really too special!

To do a simple calculation, divide 10 million by the ticket price of 4.9 yuan, which means that within three days, two million children asked their parents to watch R-rated movies, and at least one Parents of 1.2 million households have agreed to the children's 'unreasonable' request...

Two million children?

1.2 million households?

What a terrifying set of numbers this special code is!

It is true that Ronald Perelman asked Roger Ebert to write a film review criticizing the unscientific grading method of the MPAA in order to let the parents of those children feel at ease to bring their children into the theater; The master of mergers and acquisitions and the wolf king who upholds the concept of violent acquisitions, Jean just bought Sony in Colombia, Panasonic, which has acquired MCA but has not fully digested it, and Murdoch, an outsider who is tinkering with the Fox TV network, let them hold shares The current Warner Bros. and Paramount have all been silent this summer, for fear that their positive and tough actions will attract a bunch of private equity funds to encircle and suppress them, thus clearing out a ruthless path for adults and children to watch movies. The road of obstacles made the movie "Terminator 2" the most eye-catching blockbuster in this summer's file, but these—

It can only be called a means of acquiring customers!

Even if all the channels are cleaned up by these Wall Street bosses, if the children don't like Roland Allen, their parents can't force them to watch an R-rated movie!

Regardless of whether it’s the fan economy or movie star benefits, it’s all about liking first, then spending later!

This is also why movie cafes are naturally superior!

Because it is different from endorsement! If people don't like you, they will never watch your movies!

This is not the same as buying endorsement products!

That is another need of spending money to buy yourself, and watching movies is actually satisfying yourself!

In this way, the seven-figure box office gain is a headache!

There are more than two million children willing to pay for Roland in the first three days of the film's release?

This is not the number of fans in the Internet age! It's the guy who has already paid for it!

With this kind of data, how can Fox… keep the price down?

If Roland was just himself, even with the Olsen sisters, Fox would dare to lower the price, but in front of the Jewish gang and the group of Wall Street jackals who don't know the depth of their relationship, they Fox... what a fart!

Cut off more than half of the 10 million real box office appeal, just to save money by signing the sequel?

People...

Is it that easy to cheat?

In Hollywood, the distance from the ground to the clouds is only a movie. A big hit movie can make you the brightest star in the night sky, and it is only a failure to go from the clouds to the ground.

Can-

In the face of having the means to smash the plate, these common senses lose all meaning.

The pig farm violently laid off employees and kicked off employees suffering from cancer.

But who knows all this until the person involved comes forward?

Don't say that "Terminator 2" has enjoyed the supreme treatment, how can those movie fans who may never know the inside story go into it? Whatever the figures announced by the North American Theater Alliance, that is the number. These achievements will only become a highlight of Roland Allen's glamorous resume! As for the rest—?

Even if these things broke out many years later, it would have no impact on the parties involved.

Many people even wonder if the so-called truth is jealous!

Is it necessary for Cameron, who created "Titanic" and "Avatar", to go crazy in 1991?

Is it necessary for Schwarzenegger, who has been working hard for his official career, to conceal all this?

Sony, Panasonic, and News Corporation are all outsiders! It's not that Warner and Paramount didn't release new movies that year! Disney, United Artists, and MGM are younger brothers again. Isn't it normal to have a summer vacation window? Because they can't fight at all!

When a person is mythical, as long as the **** is right, the old account will not be able to pose a threat to them at all.

And now—

These guys have given way to those financial jackals, who will expose these things?

T-800 is invincible! John Connor is handsome and charming! James Cameron made the best sci-fi action movie ever!

These arguments are the basis of current public opinion.

Not only that, the appeal of tens of millions of box office is also a gap in front of Fox.

The gap that made Fox regret not being able to sign Roland as soon as possible.

"Forget about it!"

Anguished, Frank closed the report in his hand. To him, these things were just a piece of waste paper!

What will be the box office of "Terminator 2"?

A movie that can monopolize the entire summer schedule, but how bad can it be?

As for how much you can earn in the end?

It has nothing to do with them!

After all, that was an investment of 100 million yuan!

The global box office does not exceed 300 million, that is a net loss!

"Tell me—what's Roland Allen's target price?"

"Don't tell me what a package contract is. At his age, he can only make one more "Home Alone" at most, and he can't continue. This is a purely commercial film. Don't even think about it at a 10/10 price! We There will be no box office cut!"

10/10, of course, is 10 million box office plus 10% of the North American box office share. If there is no special agreement, the global box office will generally only become the basis for the distribution of box office bonuses, because each country has different dividend policies. In some places, the method of buying out the copyright is used for distribution and operation. If the North American theaters draw a share for the actors, then all the film companies simply don’t open, and directly lose the position of the boss. Give it to the actor.

But even so, 10/10 is already a long time ago. Nowadays, the big names either get paid, or they get a share of the low salary directly: the former is because they are not confident in their popularity, and they hope to get more guaranteed income. ; and the latter is the real big shot, because this approach can not only help the film company reduce costs and make film shooting smoother, but also the greatest confidence in its own popularity.

If even the actors themselves feel that their money-absorbing ability is not good, how many film companies dare to pull them to make movies together?

Not to mention living and dying together, and not even having the confidence to boost the box office, how about making a fart movie!

However, just when Frank thought that the cannibalistic Jewish gang was helping Roland call out a sky-high salary in the name of skyrocketing box office, the subordinate who came to report brought him a " good news'…

"Ever since Roland Allen went to Steven's house and played games with him, Catherine officially took over his film contract business. I thought they would ask a sky-high price, or get a cut of the film, but— "

"They didn't do that."

"After yesterday's box office data came out, Catherine sent us an email."

"The salary of "Home Alone 2" is still the 10 million as mentioned before, but they hope that we can buy the film and television rights of Marvel's Hulk and Iron Man from Universal, and then get the movie rights from Ronald In his hands, buy Thor and Captain America..."

"The copyright transaction amount is directly taken from the remuneration, and the transaction tax generated is also deducted from the remuneration."

"They only have one requirement. These four copyrights must be delivered before the filming starts, and the remaining film remuneration can be paid after the filming is completed."

What?

What the **** is this special deal?

When Frank heard that Roland was sticking to the unwavering ten-million-dollar salary, he was stunned, but when he heard that the so-called unwavering was to exchange film and television copyrights, something popped up in his head. There are countless black lines.

The copyright of film and television shooting is the lifeblood of every film company!

The film library is missed by someone?

This is worth it!

However, after he thought about it for a while, he immediately discovered the strangeness in the whole thing!

Perelman wants to sell the copyright of "X-Men" to Fox. This matter has been spread among their senior management for a long time. Everyone knows that this guy wants to raise the stock price through hype, and In this case, Roland, who benefited from him, actually wanted to obtain the Marvel copyright through Fox?

Isn't this just a disguised hint to them, dragging a hand in the calculations of those financial bigwigs?

At this time, if Fox makes a purchase invitation to Universal and Marvel, it will definitely be hyped by Perelman!

After the scene warmed up, Cameron and Roland announced the news of the "Spider-Man" project, then...

The effect may be better than the news of directly hyping the project?

After all, compared with Perelman's active promotion, their active purchase is more attractive to investors!

'Roland and Perelman are so close? '

Frank, who was overcompensated, felt that he had discovered an amazing new continent.

But a second later, he directly denied his own thoughts—

'No! Perelman and Icahn were originally Jewish! '

‘This may be the conspiracy of the group of Jews! '

‘Didn’t there be news before that Spielberg recommended Roland for Terminator 2? That being the case, maybe the entire listing hype was already planned last year? '

The members of the Jewish gang helped Roland get "Terminator 2". At the same time, Cameron also got Spider-Man through the picture company. When it is released this year, they will cooperate with Marvel to promote it. When companies in the industry are not interested in Marvel IP, they take advantage of our urgency to sign "Home Alone 2" and seal a deal first! '

'This is just...'

Frank, who felt that he saw through everything, almost scolded his mother!

It is no wonder that Frank would think so wildly. After all, it is well known that the Jews hold together!

And now, Roland, who was so close to the Jewish gang, got involved in "Terminator 2" in a special way, and the tricks in it are even more suspicious!

If all is well, how do you explain that Roland Allen was cast as the hero of Home Alone when John Hughes boycotted the Jewish gang? So how do you explain that Spielberg recommended Roland to participate in "Terminator 2", and at the same time, Cameron won Spider-Man? And now, a year later, Catherine, who is in charge of Roland's contract, wants Fox to acquire Marvel's copyright first? ? ?

If all this is a coincidence, then the special one is too coincidental, right?

If it wasn’t for the Jews making troubles, he, Frank, would dare to stand on his head and eat!

And after knowing that everything was a well-calculated conspiracy, Frank felt that he should stop thinking about other nonsense!

reject?

Reject a ball!

Not only will he not refuse, but he will report the whole thing immediately!

10 million salary?

Give!

Roland wants the copyright?

purchase!

Not only that, but he also felt that since everyone else has achieved this level, then let’s buy "X-Men" by the way!

Our Fox is just an honest film company!

We really can’t afford finances!

The layout for more than a year is just to earn a few more small goals?

Even if you are amazing, can’t we buy the copyright?

Master Roland, please come and sign the contract, shall we? Let the guys behind you take over the supernatural powers! We can't afford this game!

Note: ① The situation of no one in the summer vacation of 1991 is as follows: Although "Terminator 2" was released in North America by a picture company, it was released overseas by Columbia. Sony would rather be cheated by Spielberg for financial statements. If you don’t fight, you don’t fight, and you don’t push movies; Panasonic bought the American music company back then, and MCA controlled Universal. After getting the green card, he doesn't want to fight with people on Wall Street (non-Americans can't hold too many TV network shares); Warner and Paramount, Wolf King Icahn and Perelman are both directors. The "Robin Hood" and "The White-Headed Detective" released by the family are not stuck in July; as for MGM-United Artists and Disney, the former only had a 5% market share in 1991, and the latter Disney was a younger brother at the time. There is no ABC, no Miramax, and their market value is all inflated by Touchstone Pictures selling adult movies and selling home videos at lower prices. For their inflated stock prices, touching people on Wall Street is courting death. Therefore, at the right time and place, the already high-quality movie made Cameron a **** overnight, and Marvel's stock price soared all the way. peace brings money. ② Perelman and Icahn are indeed Jewish.