Hollywood Hunter

Since the two are already living together, Janet is fully aware of the progress of the release of "Rola Run".So, the woman took over everything almost unhindered the next day.

Simon originally wanted to accompany her to help her transition for a few days, but was directly rejected.

Janet's reason is also very strong. Simon is by her side. She is easy to be soft-hearted and unable to exert her strength.

Simon does not know how Janet works.But on the following Thursday afternoon, after completing the first formal contact on the issue of follow-up rights, McMedova called in a hurry, and even accused Janet of being very ignorant in the tone of his voice. I hope Simon can continue to come forward in person, and don't let a woman mess around.

Despite some doubts, Simon would not havetily accepted the words of Mike Medova.

However, after leaving work that day, Simon hadn’t had time to inquire about the process of Jenny’s morning negotiations, and the woman had brought back another contract: Mattel bought out a series of dolls for the role of Roller Run for $2.3 million Distribution rights.

Even if the box office is hot, the peripheral copyright of "Rola Run" is certainly far from comparable to super IP like "Star Wars".

Moreover, as a toy company that mainly produces Barbie dolls, Mattel must have only one role image, and it is obvious that characters such as Manny will not be welcomed by consumers.Therefore, Janet sold $2.3 million for the distribution rights of a simple Rolla doll, which was far beyond Simon's expectations.

According to some information in the industry, Simon's highest expectation for this business was only about 1.5 million US dollars.

In this case, Simon no longer doubts Janet's ability, and she trusts everything to her.

In addition, Simon then made appropriate adjustments to the two companies in his hands.

After some left-handed and right-handed operations, the box office share, sales income, and peripheral revenue related to "Laura Run" will be transferred from Daenerys to Westeros.

This divestiture is to adapt to Amy's contract. The two parties have reached an agreement before signing the contract. Amy's 5% company's net profit share does not include the related revenue of "Laura Run".

Immediately afterwards, in order to avoid becoming increasingly entangled with Janet’s financial situation, Simon also drafted a formal supplementary contract in the name of Westeros: As an investor with a share of 61.5%, Janet The revenue share from "Rola Run" only needs to be settled before December 31 of this year.

This supplemental contract means that Westeros is completely free to reinvest the funds before the payment is settled, and the additional profit generated does not need to be shared with Janet.

Simon also intends to conduct stock index futures operations in the name of Westeros in the second half of the year, and even more follow-up investment actions.

Having solved these two aspects, the potential interest entanglements hidden in Simon's side after "Raola Run" was suddenly too successful were completely smoothed out.

Deep down, Simon is still a person who lacks a sense of security.

Without this, he even worried that he would encounter a situation described by the actor in "When Harry Meets Sally": Two people no longer loved one day, turned their backs, and then for a dinner plate worth $8 Who should be the one who hysterically wastes $1,000 in phone bills and disputes over the air.

Janet apparently saw this in Simon's character, so he would tirelessly write a piece of arrears for him to press his fingerprint.Women know that by doing this, Simon will not only resist, but will feel very relaxed.

Simultaneously with the adjustment of two of Simon's opponents, Janet shared the release of "Laura Run", and many other things began to move forward more efficiently and quickly.

Mattel is very eager to launch the Rolla doll as soon as possible,

Therefore, after the signing of the contract, the other party will invest 2.3 million US dollars into Westeros account within three days.Simon subsequently injected $1 million in funding for Daenerys Pictures in the name of a loan. Amy Pascal no longer has to hire an assistant at her own expense, and the company has begun to officially hire more people.

With money, Amy quickly talked about the script "When Harry Meets Sally".The final price is $150,000, which is not cheap, but it is definitely not expensive for Simon.

However, in order to win the script, Daenerys also promised Nora Efron that the company will start the project within a year, and the production budget will not be less than 10 million US dollars.

In case of breach of contract, the copyright of the script will automatically return to the other party.

As for "Pulp Fiction", since it is no longer necessary to pay attention to the release of "Lola Run", Simon took out the first draft of the script in the following week.

Although Orion Pictures was not very optimistic about this project, Jonathan Friedman helped Simon negotiate a share contract equivalent to "The Grim Reaper".

The same is guaranteed at $20 million.

With more than US$20 million at the box office, Simon received a 10% North American box office share and a 5% North American video tape sales share.

Although the box office success of "Rola Run" has too many chances, it is almost a movie that has almost been determined to be the champion of the North American box office this year.Therefore, Simon got more than enough compensation for the first-line director.

Orion signed Simon's next film contract with a base salary of $500,000, but since he did not finalize the split terms, he can only give a share agreement equivalent to Simon's worth.

Of course, there is a very obvious difference between this contract and "The Grim Reaper", and the share of video sales that Simon can obtain is limited to North America.Because Orion does not have global distribution capabilities like Fox Pictures.

In addition, Orion also requires that the project budget must be controlled within $8 million.

If it exceeds the threshold, for every US$1 million in budget, Simon’s two-point share will be reduced by 1% and 0.5% respectively, and the calculation model of rounding up will be adopted directly.However, Orion also promised to provide certain share terms for big-name celebrities who are willing to participate in self-reduction film performances.

The final "Dreaming is Here", the project progressed most smoothly.

The company quickly selected a director. It was Wes Craven who helped New Line Pictures film "Meng Gui Street" a few years ago. The other person's personal style is also very suitable for "The Grim Reaper".

Moreover, Wes Craven is also a WMA customer. Despite the success of "Meng Gui Street", Wes Craven made "The Girl Next Door" directed by Warner last year, but it was lukewarm, only at the box office. Just reached the cost line.

Under the recommendation of the agents of both parties, Simon and Wes Craven had a meal together and discussed the whole project in detail, and this matter was confirmed.

Speaking of which, Simon naturally clearly remembers that Wes Craven was also the director of the famous "Scream" series in the 1990s.

Simon did not immediately come up with "Scream", the reason is similar to choosing "Pulp Fiction" as his second film.For projects with higher box office potential, it is natural to leave them as much as possible.In recent years, in the absence of funds and channels, Simon can only cooperate with other film companies for the time being, and the profits will definitely belong to these companies.

On Janet’s side, the first peripheral sale contract was finalized, and the woman then negotiated the licenses for peripheral products such as the original soundtrack and video games of “Laura Run”, bringing more than 8 million to Westeros again. Dollars are credited.

On April 6, Orion Pictures finally made a compromise and bought the North American videotape and TV broadcast distribution rights for Roller Run at a high price of $35 million.On April 9th, the overseas copyright of the film was also purchased by Warner Bros. for the same US$35 million.

Although it takes one month for both of these sell-off payments to arrive in succession, the total revenue of 70 million US dollars is higher than Simon's original expectations by 10 million US dollars.

In addition to the $20 million loan that Wells Fargo has entered into Simon’s personal account, and the expected $30 million box office share in the roll-out of the North American theater of Rolla Run a few months later, even if some necessary expenses are removed, Simon can also be Stock index futures operations in October raised more than $120 million.

During the busy time between Simon and Janet, the 59th Academy Awards was successfully concluded.

The "Field Battle" produced by Orion Pictures won the awards for best film and best director without any suspense, and the box office of this film also just successfully passed the $100 million mark in the near future.

At the same time, after the $23.36 million box office in the seventh day of the sixth week, the seventh and eighth weeks, "Roller Run" received another $22.22 million and $16.34 million.As of April 9, "Roller Run" has accumulated a total of US$14.67 million at the North American box office.

Although the single-week decline began to widen, there is almost no suspense in the total box office of "Lola Run" exceeded 200 million.Everyone is curious only to what extent the cumulative box office of the film can be reached.

So until April 10.

In the first week of the Easter period, Simon returned to this era and the second movie "Butterfly Effect" was finally officially released.

Although the previous internal audition of the film critics' population monument has been poor, but considering the popularity of "Roller Run", Fox Films still arranged 1263 open screens for "Butterfly Effect".

As a fairly popular period, "Butterfly Effect" is naturally impossible to monopolize.

Also released during the same period was "Road to Development" starring "Back to the Future" actor Michael Fox. This comedy film produced by Universal Pictures reached 1,336 screens, and the production cost was as high as $12 million. All aspects are slightly better than "Butterfly Effect".