Hollywood Hunter

Peter Sanders seemed to be a bit impatient, and after greeting with Simon, he proposed to find a place to chat.

Simon did not quit, and they said hello to Janet, and took Peter Sanders away from the hotel where the crew was staying to a nearby cafe.

The two sat down and ordered coffee at random, and Peter Sanders said, "Simon, I came here this time, hoping to discuss the contract between you and Fox."

Simon just nodded slightly, waiting quietly for Peter Sanders to continue.

Peter Sanders looked at Simon’s expression and paused, but then temporarily changed the subject, saying: "Simon, Mr. Goldberg arranged a sample screening of "Butterfly Effect" on Tuesday, the effect It wasn’t very good, and several critics on the scene felt that the film was a bit messy."

Simon gently turned the coffee the waiter had just served and said lightly: "If that's the case, Mr. Sanders, I can only say that I am sorry. However, I believe my script is a very wonderful story, I I also believe that Brian has enough strength to display this story perfectly. Perhaps, you should be more patient and wait for the film to be completely completed."

Feeling Simon's strength, Peter Sanders, who wanted to get a pinch, remembered Ronald Goldberg's request and said, "Well, that should be it."

Simon listened to Peter Sanders' tone and didn't want the other party to be too embarrassed. He took the initiative to change his title and said, "Peter, did you just say that contract?"

Peter Sanders took a sip of the coffee in front of him, put down the cup, and replied: "Yes, Simon, we plan to honor the priority of the contract now and buy your script of "The Grim Reaper" And, Mr. Goldberg also hopes that you can personally direct the film. If you agree, the project can be started now, and the schedule is set at the end of the year."

The great thing about "The Grim Reaper" is that it is a very novel idea, but the movie is just an ordinary plasma thriller with limited box office potential. Simon does not intend to waste too much energy on this movie.Moreover, Simon has signed his next directorial contract to Orion, it is impossible to immediately cooperate with Fox.

However, Simon did not immediately refuse, but asked: "Peter, what about Fox's conditions?"

Peter Sanders hesitated, but this time without turning around, he directly quoted the price code from Ronald Sandberg: "Simon, as long as you are willing to personally direct, we can give $2 million Director's remuneration, plus 10% of the North American box office profit share. This is a very generous offer, Simon. Normally, it is impossible for a newcomer like you to get a profit share. And, I can tell you that you This contract is exactly the same as the salary for Brian’s "Butterfly Effect," but he has been a long-time director. Also, the script is priced at $300,000, and you can enjoy the same split terms as union members."

Simon nodded slightly this time, and the conditions offered by Fox were quite sincere.

In this era, apart from a few people such as Spielberg at the top of the pyramid, the highest film remuneration of other front-line directors was about $5 million.

This condition of Fox is also an affirmation of his filmmaking ability in "Rola Run".

It should be known that in Hollywood, where the film industry is already very developed, the studio's assessment of a filmmaker's ability is still very accurate depending on the work.

If Simon now happens to get a high box office with a film like "Witch Blair" that has no technical content.Then, the film company will be amazed, but unless you want to try your luck, take advantage of the popularity he has accumulated in "The Witch Blair".Otherwise, no studio will be willing to issue him a director's film contract, let alone this kind of compensation plan for quasi-first-line directors.

Speaking of which, this is the result that Simon had hoped to see.

Although thinking so,

Peter Sanders heard it, but for a moment did not know what to say.

If I knew that "Laura Run" could achieve the current box office results, Fox would definitely be willing to sign the same contract with Simon.

unfortunately.

There have always been countless ifs in this world, but only one result.

Peter Sanders is not clear about the details of the issuance contract signed by Simon and Orion. However, due to several consecutive contacts, the content of the contract is actually not difficult to speculate.Now that he has agreed to Simon's conditions, Orion will definitely maintain its share of the North American box office at about 30%.

Well, even based on the total box office calculation of "Rola Run" in North America of $150 million, Orion will be able to obtain a box office share of $50 million in the future.

As for the cost of distribution, according to Peter Sanders' observation, the box office of "Laura Run" is basically only supported by the media and the audience's word of mouth. The expenditure of Orion Pictures in this regard is very pitiful.Even in order to gain more revenue in the later period, Orion Pictures actively increased the investment in advertising and distribution, in any case it is impossible to exceed 10 million US dollars.

Calculated in this way, just a theater release, Orion Pictures will receive a net profit of 40 million US dollars.

40 million dollars.

This is obviously a very conservative estimate.

However, for the entire Fox Pictures industry, the profit for the whole year last year was no more than 40 million US dollars.In other words, the film business of Fox Pictures last year was basically a loss.

As the vice president of Fox Pictures, Peter Sanders is well aware that among the films released by his company last year, the best box office score was only $85 million in "Alien 2".

Moreover, of the 16 films released throughout the year, there are certainly no box office that broke the 100 million mark, and only five box office boxes exceeded $10 million.Among them, 12 were in a loss.Parent company News Corporation has even been discussing reducing the budget for this year's film business.

Peter Sanders is just fortunate now, and it was Ronald Goldberg who finally rejected "Roller Run".Otherwise, in the next few months, he is probably going to roll away.

Seeing that Peter Sanders didn’t speak, Simon went on: “Peter, frankly, I’m actually not interested in personally directing The Grim Reaper.” However, if Fox now wants to get this script, I also have At my own request, I will personally be the producer."