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Stereotypes are not good.

This was Liam's first thought when he heard that Lionsgate had established an overseas distribution network at this point in time.

But in an instant he thought about the so-called "cooperation".

As we all know, in addition to publicity resources, the second most demanded film distribution is high-quality film sources.

Not to mention other things, if it is only domestic distribution, less than 10 movies a year is a waste of channels. Expanding overseas, more than half of these 10 movies must be worthy of global distribution-that kind of millions of box office Don’t take out the movie of the movie. It’s useless if it’s released. The pay is not proportional to the income, and there is a great probability that you will lose.

The output of Lionsgate is not low, strictly speaking, more than the production of firefly projects.

Last year alone, Lionsgate produced 17 films, but like most studios, Lionsgate’s investment in filmmaking is very uncontrollable. Of the 18 films, more than half are worthless or small.

Override the total expenditure with the total profit, and then make a profit.

In other words, if Lionsgate relies entirely on independent production, Ya will certainly not be able to support a huge overseas network, because most low-cost movies do not have an overseas market.

Then, they must find a way to solve the problem of high-quality film sources.

Here you can refer to the five major practices. A large part of their overseas business is to win small and medium-sized studios, distribute the movies of other people, and charge channel fees.

Lionsgate has a good relationship with Colombia. In the past, if Lionsgate had any movies worthy of overseas release, most of them were represented by Columbia.

Therefore, if Lionsgate wants to be independent, it has to find a way to stabilize Columbia.

From the perspective of Lionsgate, Liam felt that if they wanted to compete for overseas markets, they might have already begun to act-not only to maintain a good relationship with Firefly, other independent studios must try to fight for it.

Even for the film source, you can make certain concessions to increase your own bargaining chip-reduce the cost of overseas channels, let the profits go to independent studios in exchange for high-quality film sources.

This is an easy way to come up with.

Lionsgate doesn't do that. What does it compete with the Big Five?

If everyone is the same, why bother with Lionsgate.

Therefore, Liam suddenly felt that Lionsgate’s move was good for the Firefly.

Anyway, they don't have the ability to distribute overseas, and the film will always be handed over to others, and the structure is broken. Isn't it the small and medium-sized studios that benefit from it?

This is like mobile phone manufacturers starting a price war, people are competing for market share, but it does not prevent consumers from enjoying the benefits.

As for the price rises back after the pattern stabilizes, that will have to wait until then.

Joseph seemed to have thought of this, and he also thought that he could stay close to Lionsgate.

The consideration of problems is of course based on their own interests, which is very realistic.

Therefore, it does not matter how Lionsgate will be, but how Firefly expands its strength.

Lyman pondered for a long time, nodded, and handed the matter over to Joseph, so that he could deal with Lionsgate president Jon Fellermae.

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March 24.

The cumulative box office of Juno, which has been in theaters for more than two weeks, has passed 75 million US dollars.

In France, the local box office of "Untouchable", which was screened for nearly four months, reached a staggering 218 million euros.

In fact, as early as early March, "Untouchable" couldn't sell much at the box office.

But because it was so close to the target box office, the three distributors unanimously decided not to paint, and would rather make less money to carry the movie up.

Finally, with accumulation day by day, "Untouchable" succeeded.

Of course, there are not many such phenomena of maintaining the local market.

Almost all regions have had similar measures to resist the invasion of Hollywood blockbusters, but some have succeeded and some have failed.

So, what is the point of this?

Quite simply, a film that expresses French culture surpassed the previous list champion-217.8 million "Titanic" with a box office of 218 million.

The largest box office in French history is no longer a Hollywood movie, and the number of movie viewers has broken the record, reaching 17.65 million.

In other words, the top of the list has the mark of France.

When local movies were sluggish and were repeatedly scoured at the box office by Hollywood blockbusters, "Untouchable" bucked the trend and injected a shot into the French market.

Its success proves that French audiences are willing to support local films, provided that they are filming with their heart, rather than taking the film support fund to fool around with art.

Lehmann also understood the good intentions of the French government.

At the end of the screening, the government almost called on the people to put up the film, and it took a long time.

Is "Untouchable" good?Excellent, is a masterpiece.

But the type of film is not the kind of howling the market, at best it can be said to be a hit, but it must be much worse than the world-class phenomenon of "Titanic".

But so what? The top film in the Japanese and South Korean markets is not also supported by the government.

This is enough for people's desires.

Of course, the French filmmakers are a little excited, but inside Firefly, everyone's mood is relatively calm.

As long as it is the movie's profit, that's it.

Because the three publishers have contributed a lot, the publicity expenses and the theater distribution in the middle are calculated, and there are still 68.9 million US dollars left for 218 million.

Excluding expenses and some bonuses, copying, transportation, taxes, etc., Firefly can get a profit of 45.6 million US dollars from the box office market.

But, considering the online and offline market and copyright operations, "Untouchable" should be able to bring no less than 110 million US dollars in revenue to Firefly.

Among them, Gaomeng, EMI, and Europa can at least share a net profit of more than 90 million from the total project income.

Of course, people deserve this money.

When the news that "Untouchable" won the French box office champion spread to North America, it was quite lively.

The main reason is that Lyman's reputation is increasing day by day, and the production business of Firefly has been on the right track, and the audience is very interested in his news.

With the media's urgency and the audience base, it is not necessary for Lehman to come forward to report on some topics that have an impact on the page, and people can do it themselves.

Look at the title, ah, ""Untouchable" broke the French box office record, and Lyman Last surpassed James Cameron."

Cameron didn’t know what he thought of Lehman after watching it, but he just wanted to say, is there any comparison?

Both of them are directors, and both want to make better movies, so why do people have to differentiate themselves?

Cameron walked out of the studio and took over the newspaper from the assistant without any extra feelings.

His impression of Lehman still remains in taking over his shares in the digital field.

It was a relatively close meeting between the two, and there was no contact at all.

It's just that he admires Lehman a little.

Of course, the aspect of admiration does not refer to filmmaking. In this aspect, he is not convinced by anyone.

He also doesn't think there is anything beyond the record set 8 or 9 years ago.

Box office record this thing?Isn't it what makes people break?

But Lehman was able to make a movie while setting up a studio at the same time, and it was not an empty shell for tax avoidance. The production business was very good, which Cameron believed could not do.

He couldn't control the digital field before, and finally fell out with Scott Rose.

The digital field that made him worry the most was that his project got on the right track, but in terms of business philosophy, shareholders and management unanimously chose Scott Rose.

Of course, Cameron’s character would not be his own problem. After selling the shares, it made him more lazy.

In other words, keep improving?

Because of the existing major directors, Cameron has the slowest production speed.

Back to the firefly.

On the market, "Juneo" is still earning the box office steadily. Such a word-of-mouth work of the story can make a small profit while making a profit, because a studio needs this kind of good word-of-mouth work to deepen the audience’s appreciation of the Firefly label. impression.

On the other side, Lionsgate is still discussing cooperation with Joseph, but it has changed from intention to specific detailed rules.

A few days later, the post-production of "The Edge of Society" was completed. After a few conversations with Lehman, Alfonso went back to Mexico for a vacation with satisfaction.

He also meant to participate in Cannes, the temptation of the film festival is still there for him.

At the same time, Lehman has been distracted from the financial market, and Golden Century officially announced bankruptcy.

The elites of Wall Street are busy cutting flesh and blood, squeezing some of the company's remaining high-quality assets, and no one thinks much.

Are there few companies that have closed down due to various problems? That's normal operation.