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"Is this gone?"

On the road, Ryan was still a little confused.

Lyman nodded, "Well, wait for the news."

"Not optimistic, are you?" Thomas, who was walking silently, also spoke.

Lehman nodded again, "There are concerns." Then he comforted: "It doesn't matter, if this project fails, we have another choice. This work can wait until later, and we have more convincing results. After that, start again. Maybe, then, our own funds will be enough to shoot and produce."

With that said, the three seemed to be optimistic.

But after all, there is still a slight difference, what is it?The feeling of not being optimistic seems to have brought them back to the days when they were crazy seeking release.

The look of silly visiting at home is really handsome.

Looking back, Lehman looked at the headquarters of Europa Pictures.

The modern business building is astonishingly high, more than 100 meters tall, standing up from the ground, like a strong giant standing in the city center.

When they reached the entrance of the street, the three waited silently, until Ryan waved his hand to stop a taxi, and they returned to the hotel where they were staying.

At the same time, the meeting on investment projects has not yet ended.

......

Luc Besson looked at the detailed budget statement and shooting plan, and he couldn't help being moved by the string of data on it.

Obviously a lot of thought was spent.

"Boss, are you sure to cancel the project? The risk is indeed a bit big." The production director said.

Luc Besson put down the report in his hand and did not directly state the decision. Instead, he asked an irrelevant question, "How about the release of Buried Alive?"

"The cumulative total of the global box office has reached..."

In the sixth week of the screening of "Buried Alive", the French market was already down, and the total global box office reached 14.67 million euros.

There is no doubt that this movie can make Europa Pictures profitable.

Only paid 2 million euros in copyright distribution fees, and close to 2 million euros in publicity costs, and got 8.26 million euros in pre-tax share, minus expenditures, the total profit was about 3.89 million euros.According to the fact that only a few overseas regions are still showing "Buried Alive", the box office that can be provided every day is more than 200,000 euros, but the proportion has dropped to 4,060.

Say something off topic.How to divide the box office revenue of theater chains and distribution companies?Mainly look at the specific movie to create income.

Generally speaking, the conventional share ratio is to adopt a model called "9010-floor factor multiplied by 70%".

The algorithm of this sharing is to take the weekly box office total score of a movie in a movie theater, minus the fixed expenses for theater screening, such as cleaning fees, electricity costs, daily maintenance and repairs, etc. , And then multiply by 90%, the figure obtained is the film rent that the distribution company gets.

However, this is only one of the options, and a condition must be added later, that is, the total box office does not subtract the movie theater line’s screening expenses, and it is directly multiplied by 70% (this ratio is generally between 60-70%. Yes, it depends on how to negotiate with the theaters. In short, the better the prospects of movie releases, the more favorable the negotiation between the distributors, and vice versa, the stronger the theaters.) The resulting figure is the distribution company’s share.

So publishers generally look at which of these two options has more revenue, and then choose which way to share as the commission they get from the theater this week.

Of course, it is impossible for the theaters to work in vain. Such a high proportion of share is only the first three weeks of the screening, and then from the fourth week, it will be reduced to 6040, the sixth week will be 5050, and the seventh week will be 4060. ..... Anyway, the longer the show time, the higher the proportion of the theater chain, but not all movies can last for such a long show time. Generally, it can only be done by popular or high-reputation movies. .

The theater chain depends on the revenue. If the daily output cannot keep up with the market, or is not satisfactory, even if the new movie is released, it will be cut for you and replaced by something else.

Everything is just as good as money.

That is to say, from the agreed schedule to the release of a movie, all the box office revenue, the distribution between the distributor and the movie theater, is probably a bit cheaper by the distributor, but it is almost 55 open, half and half.

"The script is interesting." When the boss spoke, he said something that the director of the production department didn't understand. Wasn't he still talking about the income of "Buried Alive" just now? Why did you talk about the script again?

Is the director’s ability to leap so fast?The director of the production department fell into deep thinking.

"What do you think, what about the script?"

"The subject matter is very good, very innovative." The director of the production department nodded slightly.

"It's rare that there is a director who doesn't like to focus on the mess of family ethics, do you think it is very interesting."

With so many directors in the French film industry, more than half of them live there with the support of the film industry from the state. They make some movies that are literary but are pornographic, and they are also known as art.As for whether to make money, whether the audience likes it or not, they all ignored it.There are countries where there are no movies to make, and life is beautiful. The market is completely occupied by Hollywood movies, and there is no panic at all. There are countries.

Is it ironic?As the birthplace of movies in Europe, France is also one of the first places to come into contact with this art, which is known as the seventh largest art, but it can’t even keep its own territory. Turning over the movie rankings in its own region, all American blockbusters are listed. Above, it is very interesting.

But Luc Besson was anxious. He didn't like this happening. He made pure commercial films, but he still failed to prevent the French people from supporting American blockbusters.

This made him realize that he alone cannot save the situation. He has to train a large number of local film talents to defend the turf.

It just so happened that he felt that Lehman was worthy of their funding.

Luc Besson pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Will we earn 6 million euros in "Buried Alive"?"

"There will be, but it will take time." The production director immediately replied.

Box office revenue alone is definitely not enough, but offline distribution has not yet begun. Estimate the market potential of movies. This kind of horror masterpiece has always been favored in the rental market. Just give it a little time and don’t need much. Just two or three months, the income will exceed 6 million euros.

"Do you have Lehman's contact information?"

"Um...Yes." The director of the production department said with a daze.

"Tell him we decided to invest."

"OK, all right......"

This matter is the boss of the boss, although he is the director of the production department, responsible for the establishment of the company's internal film project, but...

Now that it's all decided, what else can I say.

"I'll do it right away."

......

Pierre-Ann-Le-Bogan, one of the company's senior veterans, also knew about the "Three Fools in Bollywood" after the official establishment of the project within the company.

He was there at the meeting and knew some of the situation, but after Lehman and others left, seeing nothing happened, most of them returned to their jobs, leaving only the head of the production department to deal with the aftermath, but nothing happened. I thought, the movie project was set up again.

Unable to understand, he came to the office of his friend Luc Besson to find out the situation.

He knocked on the door and walked in. "Man, what do you think?"

Luc Besson was dealing with company affairs. Hearing this, he put down his pen, "Is the company developing smoothly?"

"Our film business is already the second largest in the French market, and only the old brand EMI Films slightly dominates us."

Speaking of this, Pierre is a little proud. The company they established has achieved such results in only two years of development, but he cannot do without his credit.

"It's just a little pressure?" Luc Besson sighed. "They are better than us every year by acting as an agent to distribute Hollywood movies. The gap is not a little bit."

"We can also try this business. I have recently got in touch with 20th Century Fox, and it is very possible to accept their company's film distribution work in France." Pierre said sincerely.He also feels that acting for Hollywood films is harder than he has to take risks to make films, and the profit part should not be too easy.

"But how much help will these help us share in the local film market? Competing with EMI, only those American film companies will be cheaper." Luc Besson sighed: "On strength, on film quality, on Channels, our performance in the international arena is not as good as those of Hollywood's large studios, or even second-rate. Remember what we wanted to establish this company?"

"United European film power to contend with Hollywood." Pierre said weakly.

"But we can't even unite in France. Looking at the annual box office rankings, we are really far behind."

"So you want to support Lehmann?" Pierre guessed.

"His first film made a profit of more than 10 times the profit cost. There are several new directors who can do it. At least I am not as good as it is. According to his shooting philosophy, although the production type of the next film is risky, I think it's worth the investment."

Talents need to be cultivated.He didn't say this, but he believed his friends would know.At the beginning, the two of them had also experienced failures along the way?What's more, the movie hasn't come out yet. It seems a bit early to say this. Even if the sentence is to be pronounced, the evidence must be complete.

Just say that the market prospects are not clear, and I always feel very irresponsible.

He is the director. He knows that the brilliance of the film is different in everyone's hands, so why not give Lehman a try?He is very optimistic about this young man, and even if the loss is as predicted, it will not have any substantial impact on Europa Pictures.

They are big companies and they are not afraid.

"You just have to decide."