Chapter 86
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While Duke was relaxing on vacation, Nancy Josephson was in frequent contact with the top executives of Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, among others, to push forward the progress of new film projects, the success and future potential of Brave Island. The revenue share she received gave her endless motivation.
Although it was far away in New Zealand, Duke would communicate with Nancy every few days, and officially named this sci-fi script closely surrounding July 4th Independence Day!
The project is tentatively titled Independence Day, and the Independence Day holiday would be the most appropriate premiere date for the film.
Facing the many high-level executives of Warner Bros., Nancy Josephson is more confident and powerful than before. She put her hands on the conference table and said in an oppressive tone, Time is running out, if Warner Bros. can't push forward as soon as possible After reviewing the project, Director Rosenberg will choose other companies as partners, you must know that 20th Century Fox…”
The conference room was full of Nancy's gushing voices, and according to her description, Independence Day is simply the most sought-after project in Hollywood right now.
The senior management of Warner Bros. is not stupid, and the information is well-informed enough to know that 20th Century Fox has indeed been in contact with Nancy and Duke. Contacted Nancy Josephson, but the content of the conversation is unknown.
However, Jeff Robinoff and others are very sure that on projects whose production costs may reach 100 million US dollars, whether it is cooperative investment or public financing, any company will carefully examine it.
Nancy, this is a $100 million investment.
When the female agent finished speaking, Jeff Robinoff, who represented Warners, said, If you include the cost of publicity, the total investment is likely to be more than 130 million US dollars, and these Warners need enough time to investigate and review. !
Jeff, let's not talk about the film. Nancy Josephson's words were still strong, In terms of box office, the production cost of Life and Death is only 15 million US dollars, but Duke exchanged it for a total of 3 The box office of $50.74 million! Although the cost of Breaking the Dead Island has risen to $50 million, don't forget that the film's North American box office is now $144.88 million! The overseas box office also exceeds $130 million, The final box office could even hit $400 million!
Let's watch 'Independence Day' again! Her words were like a barrage of cannons, I admit that the quality of the script is mediocre, it is definitely a collection of all the vulgar elements of the summer season, but you can't deny that mainstream audiences like to watch these! Also, Duke has proven that he has the ability to turn a mediocre script into a blockbuster movie, isn't that what he does best with the explosions in Independence Day?
If it was a new director, Jeff Robinoff would definitely throw this script into the script library and never look at it again, but the thing is, Duke Rosenberg is already on this type of broadly similar film Having succeeded twice, who dares to say that he cannot succeed a third time?
He didn't want to be the fools of Twentieth Century Fox, pushing out what was possible.
In fact, Warner Bros. is still hesitating and has not started a formal review process. The main reason is the high risk that high production costs will inevitably bring.
As a veteran agent, Nancy Josephson naturally understands Warner Bros.' concerns.
I have a suggestion! She said suddenly, Since Warner thinks the investment and risk are too high, why not seek cooperation? I understand that even after the preliminary review, financing and pre-sale will take time. If the twentieth century How about Fox joining in? Even, we can pull other film companies to invest together!
Cooperation between large companies is the norm, and it is also one of the most conventional ways to avoid investment risks.
After the negotiation, Nancy left Burbank again and went to the Fox Building in Century City. Although Warner Bros. did not make it clear, she believed that as the box office numbers of Brave Island continued to increase, the progress of the project would be It's getting better and better!
Throughout the June period, the North American film market is basically dominated by Jurassic Park, such as The Heroes of the Mountain, Interview with the Vampire and Brave to the Dead Island, which have already been quite gratifying at the box office. All have to stand back.
Eight weeks after its release, the North American box office of Breaking the Dead Island finally broke through the $150 million mark, slowly reaching the figure of $152.24 million, while the number of theaters for the film has slipped to 500, and the box office of a single venue in a week has dropped to below $1,500. Although it has not yet broken through the critical point of the theater chain’s forced downshift, the potential is almost exhausted.
Interview with the Vampire, which was released in the same period, has a worse fate than Brave to the Dead Island. The North American box office of the film has reached 97.78 million US dollars, and is about to break the 100 million US dollar mark. The $500 has already surpassed the psychological bottom line of $1,000 for the theater line. If it weren't for CAA's PR efforts, the film would have been forced down a few days ago.
Even so, in the few remaining screen time and theaters, the more than 2 million US dollars needed to break the 100 million yuan mark is simply an impossible task to complete normally.
However, there will always be someone who will push the North American box office of Interview with the Vampire to over 100 million dollars. This is not only a difference of several million dollars. For Hollywood, the box office of the movie starring and produced is tens of millions or 100 million. As a measurement, it is completely two concepts, and the lower films may also enjoy hugely different treatment.
$2.3 million isn't enough, Pat!
Tom Cruise is using the ultimate hair dryer on his agent at his Beverly Hills mansion, If the movie just tops $100 million at the end and everyone knows we're fake, I want that number to go up to $4 million !
Tom, your salary for this film is only $15 million. Pat Kingsley was calm, After deducting taxes and necessary expenses, plus the $3 million invested in the first week, you are going to make it in The Night Interview The Vampire's $7 million at the box office? That means you're probably making negative money on this film, and you've spent the last year working in vain!
I can make more money, but I want my movie to exceed 100 million at the North American box office! Tom Cruise shouted hoarsely.
Nicole Kidman, who has never had a voice, sits quietly in the corner of the reception room. Only she knows how angry Tom Cruise is. The two have quarreled several times recently. In the state of sleeping in separate rooms, whenever she sees her husband who is arrogant and does not know how to restrain herself, she feels that it seems that she made a wrong decision to marry him.
He is short-sighted and narrow-minded. If there is no one around to point it out, he will always do some mindless things, just...
And what about Cruz's apparent opponent, Duke Rosenberg? Although she hasn't had a deep relationship with her, based on her observations and some of Naomi Watts' words, she vaguely felt that he was a person with a deep mind and independent opinions. From the incident between him and Cruise, she could also see that As long as the other party seizes the opportunity, he will never let it go. After the opportunity passes, he will take the initiative to retreat back, like a harmless poisonous snake.
Mental maturity, there is evidence to advance and retreat...
Thinking of this, Nicole Kidman suddenly felt that in addition to being more famous and rich, Tom Cruise seemed to be inferior to the young director in other aspects.
While money and fame can accumulate over time, the only thing young Duke Rosenberg lacked was time, right?
Time can always change too much. In the ninth week of its release, the box office of Interview with the Vampire suddenly surged. The box office accumulation that was originally less than 100,000 US dollars a day suddenly rose to about 600,000 US dollars. Mr. Cruise's supporters rejoiced, but they couldn't hide it from the theaters. When the weekend passed, Interview with the Vampire was forcibly taken down by the North American Theater Alliance, and the North American box office stopped at $103.26 million.
Duke also ended his vacation and returned to Los Angeles. Under the coordination of Nancy, he met with the executives of Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, respectively. The Independence Day project made preliminary progress.
At the same time, the screening of Brave the Dead Island in North America also came to the end, only ten days longer than Interview with the Vampire. The performance was poor, the potential was completely exhausted, and he was forcibly kicked out of the theater.
In the end, the North American box office of Breaking the Dead Island was set at US$157.52 million. Duke successfully refreshed the North American box office results created by Life and Death, and the film's overseas box office also performed well, and now the global box office is stable. Heading towards the $300 million mark, according to the predictions of several professional institutions, the global box office will eventually surpass that of Speed of Life. .
Two consecutive films have sold well, and Duke has also attracted the attention of many media and production companies. It even swallowed up Lianmei's MGM, and even tested Nancy, wanting to invite Duke to direct the latest episode of the 007 movie.
If it was before Speed of Life, Duke would definitely follow, but now he has not hesitated to push it down. Few directors who have opened up in Hollywood will direct the 007 series. Big sales, for a director like Duke, can only be regarded as the icing on the cake at best. After all, few people will credit the director, and they will only think of the power of the series.
If it fails...to fail a movie with such a broad fan base, it's almost self-destructive.
Besides, Duke had already made plans for himself!
After the release of Brave to the Dead Island, the film's work in North America has also entered the final stage. When the theater chain divides the film into the account of the distributor Warner Bros., the new spoil-sharing conference will also be held. Open the curtain.
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