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""Juneau" got 52.78 million US dollars in the first weekend."

Liam handed the summarized box office data to Lehman, "In addition, we have negotiated with the theaters to increase the number of screenings. Starting next week, the number of screens will increase to 3128, and the share of the film will rise to 100%. No. 38... Regarding the original sound CD, Sony has come up with a cooperation plan. They provide channels and share 60%, and they also pay for the copyright."

In these few days, Firefly can receive a lot of good news.

The market performance of "Juneo" is indeed good, and the film's screening potential is now being fully released.

For example, in the past week, the North American weekly box office data was officially released, and Juno easily reached the top of the list.

In the same period, there is nothing to hit in the new film except "Juneo", but there are a few works that have been screened for a period of time. The cumulative box office gap is not very large.

Among them, Nicholas Cage's "Chariot of Souls", which cooperated with Columbia and Dimen Films in the middle of last year, cost 110 million. After more than a month of screening, it won 18.62 million again, ranking third, making the North American box office more than 100 million yuan. Threshold, North America has accumulated 113 million.

However, the reputation of this film is not good. Colombia's plan to create another Marvel series was unsuccessful. The Los Angeles Times unrelentingly commented on this film as: "A waste of all-round creation, time and money. "

According to the investment quota and publicity expenditure, "Soul Chariot" needs to get at least 300 million box office in various markets, but now it seems that it is impossible. Because of the unfavorable reasons of North America, overseas regions receive less money. Sorry for the huge budget of this movie.

Of course, Marvel, who has already sold character images, is not distressed. Anyway, if the movie is not selling well, they will not get much money. You must know that the "Spider-Man" series is so popular, Marvel indirectly made money because of the popularity of comics. More than 30 million U.S. dollars, and for other, Columbia will not give Marvel the copyright dividend belonging to the spider.

During the same period, the second-ranked "Ling Shu 23" produced by Xin Xian.

This thriller film starring Kim Carey was directed by Joe Schumacher, a master thriller. After the two joined forces, they did not have the market appeal they should have, but the film still received 32.76 million US dollars. ..... Ranked sixth is "Wild Boar Racing" with overlapping audiences. The more popular "Juneo" is in the market, the more miserable it is. At this moment, it has only gained 5.87 million.

Lehman had known that Juno would have a good box office market, but it was quite sudden to be able to maintain its eye-catching performance smoothly.

In the following days, the box office of "Juneo" fell by only 24%, which is far lower than most films should have.

Of course, this is actually a choice given by the market.

First, there are not many high-quality movies in March;

Secondly, once a drama genre like "Juneo" hits a reputation, it will be less affected by the time market than ordinary commercial movies.

And because the production investment of "Juneo" was less than 11 million U.S. dollars, the cost was recovered after the first week-this is also a small-cost film that seems to be unable to break the market record at the box office, but it can always make a lot of benefits. the reason.

"Chain Saw" only looks at the box office and is inconspicuous compared to other blockbusters, but the profit of this series is comparable to the "The Matrix" trilogy.Oh, 8:3 is not fair, but the total of the eight sequels of "Chain Saw" has not reached half the production investment of "The Matrix."

If "Juneo" can be predicted by Blue Butterfly Pictures based on the market, it will be able to accumulate a considerable amount of interest from all over the world in about 2 months... The worst is 100 million at the box office. aims.

But putting down this project for the time being, Firefly's project output this year is still a headache.

Even if Firefly Pictures is now in a stage of rapid expansion and amassed wealth, from the beginning the annual profit was less than 50 million, to now, in March as a quarter, it can earn far more than 50 million US dollars in profits — —Well, it’s easy to get over one hundred million when you encounter a hit...

However, the production business on these foundations is developing smoothly, and the foundation is still weak.

Even if a number of blockbuster films can be produced every year, the only increase in annual revenue will not allow the company to rise to the next level.

At best, the current integrated business can only be regarded as the relatively outstanding project income of the second-line studios, rather than a multi-directional development and in-depth channel media company. Firefly neither has its own continuous source of funds, nor can it Shanghai is bound to overseas markets and the business is upgraded.

And now, there is another question before Lehman——

Lyman looked at Liam, called Joseph again, and said slowly: "Yesterday, Lionsgate boss Gusta talked to me on the phone and wanted to cooperate in the development of "Twilight". They provided overseas distribution and assisted Blue Butterfly is issued domestically, and all the production proceeds belong to us, but this project and its sequel must provide them with a certain amount of copyright dividends. Do we agree or not?"

During this period of time, the fireflies developed in a hurry, and Lionsgate was not bad.

If it weren't for Lionsgate's initiative to call, Lehman wouldn't know that Lionsgate was about to take action.

Four or five years later, in addition to DreamWorks, another studio that challenges overseas rights and interests has appeared, and it has far more capital than DreamWorks.

But Lehman suspects that Lionsgate is embarrassing now.

He knew that Lionsgate would definitely be able to create an overseas distribution network, but in the original time and space, Lionsgate first relied on small-cost thrills and horror works to accumulate strength, and then carefully operated the "Twilight" series, which barely broke its own path. .

But now, the copyrights of the slightly influential novels on the market have been taken away by the Big Five and Firefly and other studios. Although Lionsgate has also obtained a few, they are not suitable for large-scale distribution. Moreover, overseas interests If it fails to meet the needs of others, it is impossible to devote resources to cooperate with Lionsgate.

In other words, Lionsgate carefully prepared and communicated with many issuers, but found that they could not produce good projects, and the cake was not big enough to attract people.

It seems that the momentum is very loud, and it has broken the five major patterns, but if the benefits are not distinguished for a long time, the fragile relationship that was maintained by the benefits will naturally be broken.

It is a good thing to have power, but it is embarrassing to have power without real benefit.

After discussion within Lionsgate, the idea was still hit on Firefly, mainly because this time and space was deliberately made by Lehman. The two families are relatively close and there are usually interests entangled.

What's more, when the film adaptation rights of the copyright of "Twilight" and its subsequent works were obtained by Lehman first, Lionsgate President Jon Fellermay has been obsessed with it. He always thinks this series is extremely suitable for Lionsgate's future plans. I want to spend a high price to let the fireflies change hands.Of course, Lehman refused at the time, and only vaguely said that there might be a chance for cooperation.

But Jon Fellermare still put Bao on this series again, this is from the intuition of a filmmaker.

Because a series of films targeting the youth market is most suitable for global distribution-there are not many cultural barriers, and there is no barrier to viewing movies.And love is a theme that all audiences can recognize. Just look at how many popular love movies in the world.

After getting a call from Gusta, Lehman also realized that Lionsgate was not reconciled to continue making small troubles, and would definitely use a well-communicated overseas distribution network to upgrade the distribution business and grab the overseas where only the top five can speak. Share.

Although he considered it, Lyman never thought that Lionsgate would move so fast.

However, the previous Lionsgate was also filming "Twilight" in 2008. It seems that a certain overseas distribution network was developed in 2007. It seems to be in line with the time. It is impossible for "Twilight" to be filmed before it can be released overseas. Major events should always be prepared in advance.

"Does Lionsgate have overseas distribution capabilities?" Liam was the first to be surprised.

I have to say that Lionsgate’s keeping a low profile confuses many people.

Who would have imagined that such a studio that has been established for many years, except that it is sometimes noticed because of acquisitions, the rest of the time is developing low-cost themes, and a single investment share has never exceeded 60 million US dollars. If there is no sound, I want to make big moves.

Back then, DreamWorks often developed high-cost movies, and was stuck with business needs, so it had other ideas.

Lionsgate does not seem to be a company with such needs.

After all, this type of thriller has never been popular overseas. How much money can you make?