I’m in Hollywood Chapter 800: Coping methods

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Chapter 800

Feeling the cool fingertips of Kelly, Eric lowered his hand and leaned comfortably on the sofa.

"A headache, have you been too tired lately?" Kelly's voice sounded behind him, less shrewd and capable as a female assistant, and a little more gentle.

"The doctor said it was the result of the day and night upside down some time ago, and it will be fine after a while," Eric leaned back and replied, asking again: "Over the Sony," Men in Black2 "should be released on the first weekend Box Office Is that right? "

Kelly replied: "52160,000 USD, about 75 million USD in the first week."

Eric yelled, there was not much emotional change in mind, including "Jumanji2" released next week, these two films, Firefly still accounted for 60% of the investment share, but, since the last dispute, according to With the established strategy, Firefly has completely liberalized these two projects.

The Box Office around 75 million USD in the first week seems good, and the North America total Box Office may even hit the 200 million USD mark, but because the Sony is negligent in controlling costs and the dramatic increase in the starring pay, the production cost of this sequel is up to 140 million With announcement, the total cost is close to 200 million USD.

Even if the total Box Office of global can reach 600 million USD, this project can only barely recover the investment in Box Office. Although the subsequent DVD, video tape and broadcasting rights income is still rich, but if you count the time cost of long-term operation, such a The project is actually very cost-effective.

After a while, Eric asked again: "What about" Jumanji2 ", I heard that the screenings were not very good?"

"Well," Kelly did n’t want to worry about Eric, but since he asked, he said: "At the time of the audition, many film critic said that this sequel is like a farce, not only the plot is chaotic, but also completely lost. first part ’s comedy style, but most of these comments have been suppressed by Sony. Now let ’s see how the market reacts next week. After all, the special effects of the film are still very exquisite. ”

Eric did not participate in any production of the sequel. "Jumanji2" still used the board style, but the production team was completely replaced. Even Director was replaced by others. Plus first part did not gather too much popularity. The ending is not surprising. Of course, it is not without benefits to replace all production teams. At least, the production cost of this sequel is maintained at the acceptable 86 million USD. Even if it is really a loss, Firefly will not lose too much.

It is estimated that after this summer, the few films that Firefly originally cooperated with Sony, only "Men in Black" is left and there is the possibility of continuing to develop sequels. In addition to the "Jumanji" series, the original "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", although it has been talking about the sequel, but in fact everyone knows that Pierce Brosnan starring in 007 has been difficult to return. Nicole has paid more than Pierce Bruce in recent years. South, busy with too many film appointments, the possibility of making a sequel to "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is almost zero.

Thinking of the "Godzilla" being developed by Sony Film Industry, Eric couldn't help but smile, maybe for a long time in the future, Sony will have to embark on the long road of "swinging the street".

Kelly saw no answer from Eric, leaned slightly, just noticed the smile on his face, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Eric shook his head and patted on the side: "Come, sit here."

Kelly knew that this little man would n’t think of any good things, and still sat down obediently, but still softly reminded: "Now it is daytime, Peter may come over later."

"Then you can call him to stop coming," Eric smiled and lay down on the body, resting on the woman's full thigh, sniffing the seductive body fragrance, hugged the woman's waist, and said again : "I'll sleep for a while, and don't let anyone blame me when the sky falls."

Kelly was helpless, reaching for the mobile phone on the coffee table, calling Peter · Ridge, and murmured something vaguely. He hung up the phone, looked down, and Eric, who was resting on his leg, was already comfortable He closed his eyes and his breathing began to become gentle.

Waking up again, the entire living room was already dim, a yellow wall lamp was lit on the wall, and the woman ’s thigh became a pillow.

Eric pulled off the blanket on his body, sat up, habitually lifted his wrist, and found that the watch did not know when it was taken off by someone and placed it on the coffee table.

The time is near eight o'clock in the evening. Eric is about to pick up the phone and call Kelly. The door is pushed open, and Kelly walks in with a tray.

"Eric, are you awake?" Putting down the tray, Kelly came over and reached out and touched his forehead.

Eric caught the woman ’s hand and kissed, said: "How did you throw me here alone."

"I'm going to help you prepare dinner," Kelly smiled and withdrew his hands, said again: "The meeting room is ready, you have something to eat first, everyone is waiting for you."

"Then let's go directly," Eric said to get up, but was held by Kelly.

"It doesn't matter, everyone knows that you have been tired recently."

After a quick dinner, Eric rushed to a meeting room at the nearby Ocean Club Center at half past eight.

Peter · Rich has been waiting here, and really there is no video conferencing equipment, a conference phone is placed on the long table.

Eric sat down on the chair, Kelly spread out several documents in front of him, sat down next to him, and said to the conference phone: "Everyone, Eric is here."

"Good evening," Eric also greeted.

The voices of Firefly high-level leaders such as Katzenberg and Frank · Wells were heard across the street.

Simple greetings, Eric said: "So, first of all, what is the situation now, are there any fans outside Headquarters please?"

Katzenberg replied with a wry smile: "Yeah, there are quite a lot of people recently. There are more than 100 people in Burbank and Playa Vista. Moreover, the number of people who signed the original website is more than 120,000. I do n’t know if it ’s fun. There are too many people, they are still on the Internet. "

Do n’t talk about the real-name system on the Internet, even the registration system is not too perfect. Eric is of course clear that the moisture of these 120,000 people is very large. In addition to the deliberate disruption of competitors, maybe most people also click repeatedly. . Therefore, he did not care much about this data, and said: "So, in this case, everyone first talk about their own ideas."

"I think, in any case, still give fans an accurate answer as soon as possible to eliminate this trend," Frank · Wells voice came, said: "So, I suggest to follow Wachowski Brothers's original script shoots, of course, we can Only shooting second part, I believe that the popularity accumulated by first part, the profit this sequel brings us is more or less a problem, even if the quality of the film is not satisfactory, then it is impossible for this situation to happen again. "

"This is a good way to deal with it," Eric nodded and asked, "Jeffrey, what is your opinion?"

Katzenberg They seem to have basically reached a consensus and said across the line: "Eric, we have all seen the script of Wachowski Brothers. Everyone knows that this is a disaster for this series, but we do n’t have it now. Other good treatment methods, Frank said, is almost the best solution. "

Eric smiled bitterly and said, "So, this series is almost tasteless to us."

"Chicken Ribs?" There was a suspicious voice on the conference phone.

Eric realized that it was impossible for everyone to know this terrier, and explained: "It is tasteless to eat, it is a pity to give up."

"It's pretty good," Frank · Wells said: "However, it can't be said to be tasteless, no matter how, with the current popularity of the film, the sequel is definitely profitable."

Eric couldn't help rubbing up temple(s). In fact, even without this trend, Eric didn't have 100% confidence in script after the modification of Wachowski Brothers.

A directing style of Director is difficult to change. Even if the brothers write the new script, in the shoots, unless the Firefly shoots people to stare at any one shot, otherwise it is impossible to avoid the brothers going to their Style, not to mention, the strategy of Firefly sending people to the set is simply impossible to achieve, because this excessive intervention of Director often only leads to a catastrophic consequence of a project. According to the knowledge of Eric, the characters of Wachowski Brothers can definitely be regarded as hot. As a newcomer in first part shoots, the two brothers can still maintain humility and restraint. Totally impossible.

After thinking for a while, Eric raised his head and asked, "Now, how many aspects of the movie are Box Office?"

There was no answer on the opposite side, sitting on the Kelly beside Eric: "North America 200 million 23 500,000 USD, overseas 100 million 3 6 million USD, as well as France, Japan, Italy several major ticket warehouse countries did not release, wait for the film to land in these countries It is expected that the overseas Box Office will be between 350 million and 400 million USD, and the total global Box Office should be around 600 million. "

With the issuance of trade agreements such as GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) in recent years, the film market in most overseas countries has been further opened, and the corresponding overseas Box Office share has also begun to increase, which can be maintained at about 35%.

According to the average share ratio of United States domestic and overseas, Firefly can recover 230 million USD on the total Box Office of 600 million USD. The future long-term operating profit is about twice this number, throwing out costs, Firefly can at least drill on this project To around 400 million USD.

Do n’t talk about the real-name system on the Internet, even the registration system is not too perfect. Eric is of course clear that the water content of these 120,000 people is very large. In addition to the deliberate disruption of competitors, most people may also click repeatedly. . Therefore, he did not care much about this data, and said: "So, in this case, everyone first talk about their own ideas."

"I think, in any case, give the fans an accurate answer as soon as possible to eliminate this trend," Frank · Wells voice came and said: "So, I suggest to follow original script shoots of Wachowski Brothers, of course, we can I only shoot second part, I believe that the popularity accumulated by first part, the profit this sequel brings us is more or less a problem, even if the quality of the film is not satisfactory, then it is impossible to present the current situation. "

"This is a good way to deal with it," Eric nodded and asked, "Jeffrey, what is your opinion?"

Katzenberg seems to have basically reached a consensus and said across the line: "Eric, we have all seen the script of Wachowski Brothers. Everyone knows that this is a disaster for this series, but we do n’t have it now. Other good treatment methods, Frank said, is almost the best solution. "

Eric smiled bitterly and said: "So, this series is almost tasteless for us."

"Chicken Ribs?" There was a suspicious voice on the conference phone.

Eric realized that it was impossible for everyone to know this terrier, and explained: "It is tasteless to eat, it is a pity to give up."

"It's pretty good," Frank · Wells said: "However, it can't be said to be tasteless, no matter how, with the current popularity of the film, the sequel is definitely profitable."

Eric couldn't help rubbing up temple(s). In fact, even without this trend, Eric was not 100% confident about the script after Wachowski Brothers modification.

A Director's directing style is difficult to change. Even if the two brothers write out the new script, in shoots, unless the Firefly shoots people to stare at any one of the shots, they will definitely not be able to prevent the brothers from walking towards themselves Style, not to mention, Firefly's strategy of sending people to the studio is simply impossible to achieve, because this excessive intervention of Director often only leads to a project with catastrophic consequences. According to Eric, the characters of Wachowski Brothers can definitely be regarded as hot. As first part shoots, as a newcomer, the two brothers can still maintain humility and restraint, but in the case of being famous, they want them to continue to be honest and obedient, also Totally impossible.

After thinking for a while, Eric raised his head and asked, "Now, how many Box Office are there in all aspects of the film?"

There was no answer on the opposite side, sitting on the Kelly beside Eric: "North America 200 million 23 500,000 USD, overseas 100 million 3 6 million USD, as well as France, Japan, Italy several major ticket warehouse countries did not release, wait for the film to land in these countries It is expected that the overseas Box Office will be between 350 million and 400 million USD, and the total global Box Office should be around 600 million. "

With the issuance of trade agreements such as GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) in recent years, the film market in most overseas countries has been further opened, and the corresponding overseas Box Office share has also begun to increase, which can be maintained at about 35%.

According to the average share ratio of United States domestic and overseas, Firefly can recover 230 million USD on the total Box Office of 600 million USD. The future long-term operating profit is about twice this number, throwing out costs, Firefly can at least drill on this project To around 400 million USD. (To be continued.)