Hollywood legendary director

Work is important, and a certain amount of rest should be guaranteed.

So after the finale banquet was over, Lehman also gave himself two days off.

After receiving the remaining compensation, most of the film crews broke away from the cooperative relationship. Except for Thomas, Ryan and a few actors who need post-dubbing, not many people need to participate in the post-production work.

In the past two days, after Lehman and Ryan returned to Cannes, they also stayed at home, occasionally coming out to have a meal together, relaxing the heavy pressure accumulated during the hectic filming work.

The days when I no longer want to think about things every day are still very leisurely, especially since I have just experienced more than three months of noisiness.

Sometimes, people really need to stop and give themselves some time to fix.

After a good two days of cleaning up, the two returned to Paris to meet Thomas and are preparing to start the post-editing work of "Furious".

Europa Pictures had a notice.

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In the neatly decorated conference room, Luc Besson sat in the position of chief, looking at a financial statement on the conference table.

Naturally, what is recorded in the file is the cost list of "Furious". As the producer, it is easy to know the details.

Nicholas Cage paid 12 million, Joe Boenser 500,000, Eva Green 10,000...

Luc Besson scanned the salary expenditure of the cast and crew. In addition to the salary of the actors, there were also the salaries of the filming team such as Thomas...

There are also 7 million expenditures for the three positions of producer, director, and screenwriter.

Film expenses, board and lodging expenses, rental venue expenses... Luc Besson quickly saw the end. After the shooting stage, the total cost of expenditure totaled more than 48.7 million.

Well, the situation is better than expected, and there is still more.

Thinking like this, he closed the document in his hand and put it aside, and said to Lehman with a smile: "I didn't expect the final shooting cost to be lower than the initial project evaluation budget."

Lehman shrugged and complained: "Of course, there is Jonathan Gavin staring at the side. I want to waste a little while shooting, and I have no chance to implement this idea. This guarantor has found the treasure. "

Even after so many days, thinking of Jonathan's language torture during filming still left Lehman's heart lingering.

"Haha, he was not invited by us, but requested by Paramount Pictures. After all...you know, this project has their share." Luc Besson smiled and dumped the pot. Going out means not to recite.

"I won't talk about it, what can you do if you come to me today? I have to do the post-production of "Furious" as soon as possible." Who knows the idea of ​​Paramount Pictures, it is nothing more than to ensure the safety of the flow of filming funds .Presumably, at this time, they also got a detailed statement of shooting expenses.

"Well, we need to confirm when "Furious" will be finished."

Today, he called Lehman over for a small meeting, just to tentatively set the film's release schedule.

After all, the shooting work has been successfully completed, and the corresponding publicity work can be carried out simultaneously with the post-production.

In this way, when the theaters are actually released, the publicity work can be almost done.

It can not only leave enough time for the audience to know the exact release date of the film, but also expand the film's influence to attract interested audiences from all walks of life to contribute to the box office in time.

After thinking about it for a while, Lehman gave the answer, "It should be completed before November, and it will be almost the same in mid-October soon."

Lehman, who has cut two films, has a wealth of relevant experience. What's more, "Furious" is actually not much different from "Three Fools in Bollywood". It is also based on the plot and does not involve a lot of post-production. Embedding of special effects.

Apart from editing the original film, the main work is just the recording of some regular soundtracks, sound and pictures and narration.

It doesn't take time to make it, only meticulous.

After getting Lehmann’s answer, Luc Besson nodded and said, “Then our schedule is fairly generous. We can not only catch up with the Thanksgiving holiday, but also try to step back and wait until Christmas.”

Lehman couldn't help but said, "You can arrange it."

"That's good," Luc Besson said seriously: "Ross, can you tell us about the release plans of other film companies."

A middle-aged man at the conference table heard this and stood up with the document he had prepared.

"This year's schedule will be very lively." A middle-aged white man named Rose opened the document and introduced: "On November 15th, Warner Bros. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" will be released, and the production cost is claimed to be 100 million US dollars; On the 22nd, there was MGM United Pictures’ "007: Die Another Day" with a production cost of 142 million; on the 27th, Columbia Pictures’ "Eight Nights Madness", an animated comedy, with a production cost of 34 million. ....."

Then there are the crime biographical film "Cat and Mouse Game" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the traditional epic masterpiece "Lord of the Rings 2", the science fiction film "Star Trek X" and so on...

Around Thanksgiving Day, as the most popular box office time that the market has always recognized, there will never be a lack of blockbusters, and there will never be a shortage of first-line superstars. This time is a hard-to-fight strong player.Of course, the law of the market will always be that a good movie will stand out, a weaker drink of the leftover cold soup, and an irreversible bad work, no matter what time period it is released.

"Something that makes people happy," Roston paused, analyzing and expressing his own views, "Our work is a war theme, which will be the only one for the entire Thanksgiving schedule later, so we are not without Competitive advantage."

Lehman nodded silently. This is indeed an advantage with clear characteristics. The audience will have their own needs. Therefore, if no one is competing in the war theme market, as long as the promotion is proper, grasp this part of the advantage. , And not too afraid that the film will lose.

Luc Besson was also thinking about it, and then asked: "So when do you think the specific schedule will be released, will it be better?"

""Eight Nights Madness" is a cartoon, the main mass base is different, you can skip it first."

"The fan base of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is too broad, and it is easy to attract the attention of most of the audience, so you have to avoid it."

"The Lord of the Rings 2 can't be head-on. The market response of the previous work is too strong."

"Although "Cat and Mouse Game" is starring Leonardo DiCaprio, it focuses on the redemption route and is not very threatening..."

In the conference room, the executives of Europa Pictures analyzed for most of the day, and Lehman only heard it out: If "Frenzy" is going to be scheduled for Thanksgiving (around November 25), there are too many opponents and it is inappropriate. After moving, it is best to play against "Cat and Mouse Game".

But what is the point of this arrangement?

As we all know, the fourth Thursday of November every year is Thanksgiving. It is the most important traditional folk festival in the United States every year, and it is also the beginning of the so-called Christmas schedule in the traditional sense of the American film market.

The reason why this entire month-long schedule is valued by everyone is nothing more than two important meanings: one is that the audience has a large market base and it is easy to create a good box office; the other is to attract the attention of the Oscar judges.

Early next year will be the much-anticipated Oscar selection, and the competition list of films needs to be released in the United States from January 1 to December 31 of the previous year, so many popular Olympic movies will be selected at the end of the year. It was only launched so that it can compete for the Oscar with the most enthusiastic attitude.

After all, the biggest advantage of choosing to be released at the end of the new year is to impress the Oscar judges. It is also easier to get attention than movies released at the beginning of the year in order to get Oscar nominations.

Therefore, if you move back and compete with other themes such as "Cat and Mouse Game", it will really have an advantage.

However, at the end of the year, it is not a good prime time for commercial film screenings.

At that time, everyone needs to buy gifts for family and friends, but also to decorate the house to welcome Christmas, which will lose most of the mass base of potential box office consumption.

This is why at the end of the new year, the theaters will be a world that emphasizes adult themes and intends to compete for Oscars and other films.

Because they don't care about box office data, as long as they can win prizes, all their efforts will be rewarded, which is the most effective way to realize fame and fortune.

"Furious" naturally cannot be like this, it needs the approval of the box office.

"I suggest that it be released on November 22, avoiding "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in the front, avoiding "Lord of the Rings 2" in the back, and the two-week screening time left in the middle is just right for the release of "Furious". We need A quiet period of time to prove the quality of the film." Lehman slowly expressed his views.

For a while, the conference room fell into silence, and everyone was thinking about the feasibility of this proposal.

""007: Die Another Day" is the 20th part of this series, and it is the 40th anniversary of the birth of this special agent movie. I heard that 20th Century Fox and MGM United Pictures have already started cooperation, and will Grasping this point for publicity and attracting the popularity of the audience accumulated during the broadcast of the past series of works, I don’t think it would be a wise choice to play against this movie." An executive from Europa Films took the lead. Objected.

"Why not? Compete with "Lord of the Rings 2", or really run to the end of December to be released. By that time, you think the market can still accommodate a production cost plus an announcement fee. 100 million commercial works?"

The executive was silent, and he was also not optimistic about the results of "Furious" when it was released at the end of the year.

This is the limit of market capacity, regardless of whether the film is excellent or not.

How to do it?