Hollywood legendary director

"The Chainsaw Fright" broke 160 million, which is a typical example of a small and big one."-"Los Angeles Daily"

"Just yesterday, "Chain Saw" announced the next painting, withdrawing from the market as a winner."-"Chicago Daily"

"Wen Ziren: Another shining star. The first work can exceed 100 million."-"New York Morning Post"

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While Lehman was busy operating the company and preparing for the shooting of the sequel to "Chain Saw", the screening of "Chain Saw" in the North American market finally came to an end.

In fact, by the fourth week of the screening, the decline was already obvious, and the box office per week was less than 10 million.

However, this is also normal.

Generally speaking, the screening period of cult films is relatively short.

As the audience’s viewing potential is almost fully tapped, and as the number of theaters is gradually decreasing, painting is a normal market choice.

But there is no doubt that this movie is already a miracle.

The production cost of 10 million US dollars, plus the director is still a pure newcomer, and the main actors are not particularly well-known, but they can still receive 162.3 million US dollars in the box office in North America.

Moreover, the overseas markets that Europa Pictures is responsible for are also extremely smooth.

What is certain is that the overseas distribution of this piece is absolutely profitable. The popularity and profit may not necessarily be as popular as North America, but it has received more than 100 million box office, making "Chain Saw" global box office more than 300 million, it seems It’s not particularly difficult.(Because there are delays in various places, and except France, other places are still behind for two weeks, that is, they will not be released until October 25, so the box office statistics are not completely accurate.)

The market’s stunning performance of this movie has made many media happy to report on it.

This time, Paramount Pictures did not put money behind the scenes. After all, the movies have been released.This is completely reported by the media, because it is very topical in itself.

The film breaks billions, and the director is a newcomer.

Isn't this kind of news report enough to attract attention?

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The butler brought the last dish to the table, Wen Ziren moved his chopsticks and said, "Lyman, I am going to buy a suite in a few days. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Well, at present, Wen Ziren is still renting with Ray Navor, and the house is still in a mid-range community. Although the environment is not bad, it is definitely not good.(The living environment in the U.S. depends entirely on how much money you can live in. Just like Beverly Hills, why so many wealthy people gather here is entirely because the community has complete police stations, fire management, and large-scale Hospitals, security and guard forces, a strong one.)

As for those less high-end residential communities, the crime rate is scary, such as robbery and blackmail.

Of course, Lehman hadn't never invited Wen Ziren and Ray Navor to live with him. Anyway, his side was very big and there were many rooms, but he couldn't force it anyway.

"Where do you want to move?" Lyman asked.

"I want to move to the Santa Monica community. A few days ago, I went to see with Ray Navor. The surrounding facilities and community environment are very good."

"Why not move here? Isn't Beverly Hills better?"

Wen Ziren was a little bit hard to say, "We don't have that much money. If we rent it, it's okay, but we still want to buy a house, so we can feel at ease."

No, with the market performance of "Chain Saw", Wen Ziren should have money.

Although his director’s basic remuneration is not high, only 500,000, but with such a good box office performance, Paramount Pictures will definitely divide the reward. After calculating it, there are three or four million, and Ray Navo Er, the screenwriter plus the identity of the producer can also get no less than 500,000 salary.

With this sum total, it should not be difficult to buy a small apartment.

However, immediately, Lehman wanted to understand again, and asked with a smile: "Are you having any concerns, so you want to save some money."

Wen Ziren nodded embarrassedly, "Do I have to put out a sum of money to invest."

Well, for the production of the sequel to "Chain Saw", Lyman arranged this way. Director and producer Wen Ziren, with a base salary of 1.5 million US dollars plus an investment share of 1.5 million US dollars, accounted for 20% of the total production budget. , The same proportion will participate in the box office share, and the rest will be funded by Mann Studio and half by Firefly Pictures.

In the future, as Wen Ziren's qualifications continue to rise, this investment ratio will definitely be more and more inclined to Wen Ziren's side (refer to the rising salary and investment share when Lehman cooperated with Europa Pictures.)

But now, if it is only 20%, Wen Ziren also needs to take out most of his savings.

Thinking of this, Lehman suggested: “I still think it’s better for you to live here. It just so happens that a friend of mine has an apartment in his hand, right next to my suite. The apartment type is very good, and the price is also high. It's not expensive, it's about 20 million yuan. You can pay a down payment first. I'm helping to advance a little bit. First, complete the house purchase procedures. After the sequel is released, you should be able to pay it off."

That so-called friend, of course, is Nicholas Cage. This product still manages money as always. What is wrong with hoarding? In the United States, hoarding houses and the extravagant housing tax, as long as the market is slightly bad, you can pay him to death.(The high-end housing prices in the United States are not very expensive, but the subsequent maintenance fees, housing tax, and inheritance tax are the pitfalls. In recent years, real estate has been rising in general, and Cage has made a lot of money, but once house prices fall, All bad in his hands, Cage changed from a multimillionaire to a owed millionaire)

As for Wen Ziren, who obviously didn't want to trouble him too much, he didn't say anything to help prepay the full amount.

Although 20 million US dollars is nothing to Lehman now, there are still more than 80 million on the books of Firefly Pictures, not to mention that Mann Studio's deposit has long exceeded 200 million.The former is his personal assets, and the latter is the common assets of Ryan, and they can't be confused.However, Lehman is right to have spare money. Anyway, the company's project is gone except for the sequel to Chainsaw Horror, and it doesn't use much money. Instead of bank depreciation, it is better to spend it in a reasonable place.

On the one hand, he can sell his personal affection to Wen Ziren, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as a handful of Cage, so that he will not pay too much.

Now this product has just joined "National Treasure" in a high-profile, worthy of a basic salary of 17 million, plus 15% of the total box office share in North America. It is when he is gradually reaching the peak of his career as an actor. , But at least don’t end up with a reputation as the “king of bad movies” in the past life.

Friends, you can pull it as soon as you can.

Finally, under Lyman's painstaking persuasion, Wen Ziren finally made up his mind to buy a house in Beverly Hills.

After Lyman called Cage, he also said that he would get things done in a few days.

When the purchase of a house was settled, Lehman said with a smile: "In this way, we are also neighbors."

"Yeah, haha." Wen Ziren nodded. He respects Lehman now and is full of hope for their future. At this time, he also asked quite expectantly: "Lyman, that sequel movie project When can work start?"

Lehman replied: "No hurry. These days, we are still screening the list of suitable actors and crew members. When the crew is ready, it will probably take a week or two."

The two of them were eating while discussing future filming.

Although Wen Ziren has made a movie, he still lacks confidence in some areas. At least he needs some experience in training actors.

As for Ray Navor, he is also a talent and has good screenwriting ability. Many of the killing mechanisms and clue placement in the chainsaw are all ideas he came up with. Moreover, he is practical and hardworking, and is Wen Ziren's right-hand man. The relationship between people has also passed the test of time, from university to the present, but if he is allowed to assume the responsibility of the producer alone, the method is still a bit short, and he can only be a deputy and continue to learn.

It is Ryan and Thomas. After these two years of shooting, the experience of the crew has risen rapidly, and they have the ability to be alone.

For Ryan, you can try to hand over the company’s marketing department to him, and Thomas, this guy is not very self-motivated. He just wants to do his photography well and see if he can go to the company’s production department. Director development of photography and lighting team.Of course, all these wishes depend on whether the two of them are willing or not, if they are not willing, Lehman will definitely not force it.

Several of them, including George, have a good friendship.

Lehman also hopes that they can have better development.

After eating, Wen Ziren left.

This man is also a workaholic, saying he is going to CAA to help Johnson refer to the actors and prepare the crew.

After taking a nap, Lehmann also rushed to the company.

The power of "Chain Saw" is far from a box office number to confirm its value.

For example, some operations of peripheral copyright.

Like what is authorized to some toy manufacturers, wall calendars, notebooks and other peripheral products.

After the movie was released, Paramount Pictures also found suitable manufacturers to make a profit from secondary copyright development.

For example, if you sell a copy of some texts or calendars, Lehman can get a profit of 2 cents at the price of 1 dollar.

There are also movie broadcasting rights for TV stations and premium channels, and each negotiation can roughly earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.(The reason why Hollywood is keen to make blockbuster movies is because they are not too afraid of box office losses. Unlike the mainland movie market, where movies are supported by the box office, Hollywood’s movie profits are still the offline market. For example, "Star Wars: The DVD sales of "The Force Awakens" (2015) in North America exceeded 130 million U.S. dollars in revenue. This disc will continue to be sold. You can figure out how much money Disney made, so they distributed all the box office. It’s not distressing either. The main creators accounted for more than 50% of North American box office revenue. Also, in terms of toy licensing, Disney’s financial report that year pointed out that the Star Wars series of peripheral toys generated local revenue of as much as 700 million US dollars. Next, you can understand why Hollywood manufacturers like big shots and special shots so much. They are indifferent to small-cost movies, and even lose money to develop blockbuster movies)

Unfortunately, because Paramount participated in the investment and was still the issuer, most of the peripheral development profits were taken away by them.

In the afternoon, Lehman was dealing with business in the company, and Shirley Lansing called to inform him about the celebration party.