Best of Hollywood

"Best of Hollywood ()" Find the latest chapters!

Seek starting point subscription, monthly ticket, collection, recommendation ticket

Throughout March, "Rush Hour" did not encounter any strong competitors, until April Fool's Day on April 1st.

The cumulative box office in North America has reached 118 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 87 million US dollars, and the global box office is 205 million US dollars.

This year's first North American box office film was born.

"Lost in Space" produced by New Line Pictures, which spent a huge sum of US$80 million, has a cumulative box office of only US$38.65 million in North America, US$39.65 million overseas, and US$78.3 million worldwide.

A number of Hollywood evaluation agencies predict that the North American box office of "Lost in Space" will be fixed at around 50 million US dollars. If the film's global box office wants to break through the 100 million US dollars mark, it needs a certain amount of luck, which is very pessimistic.

Not only was New Line Films unable to recover its investment from the film's box office, but it also had to pay a considerable amount of promotional expenses.

"Rush Hour" is just the opposite. It is only a matter of time before the overseas box office exceeds 100 million US dollars. The box office of the film alone can bring tens of millions of dollars to Orion Films.

This does not include income from peripheral products, copyrights, etc.

For a while, many media exclaimed that Orion Films' overseas distribution channels will change the structure of Hollywood film companies, from the previous two-level division to three-level division.

There is no doubt that six film companies including Disney, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. are ranked first.

In the second level, there are only two film companies, MGM and Orion Pictures.

The third level is DreamWorks, New Line Pictures, Touchstone, Lucasfilm, and other second- and third-tier film companies.

The reasons given by the media are very good. Orion Films not only initially has global distribution channels, but also last year’s joint production of "The Sixth Sense" with Paramount had a North American box office of 302 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 685 million U.S. dollars, ranking first in North America in 1997. It was second at the box office, behind Titanic.

In addition, "American Pie", which was independently produced, had a North American box office of 135 million US dollars and a global box office of 246 million US dollars, ranking eighth on the North American box office list in 1997.

Although there are not many films produced by Orion Films, the box office created is amazing.

As one of the seven old Hollywood film companies, MGM had only one film last year, "007: Tomorrow Never Dies", with a North American box office of 120 million US dollars and a global box office of 333 million US dollars, ranking only in the North American box office list in 1997. Top fifteen.

(Only North American box office rankings are counted, not global box office.)

The budget of "The Sixth Sense" is only 35 million U.S. dollars, and the budget of "American Pie" is less than 10 million U.S. dollars. When the two films are combined, Orion Pictures only invested 45 million U.S. dollars.

But the budget of "007: Tomorrow's Empire" is as high as 110 million US dollars.

It is not difficult to draw a conclusion from this, the revenue of Orion Pictures will be a very scary figure.

However, this division has not been recognized by Hollywood practitioners.

The production and distribution business are only one of the many businesses of a film company, and cannot represent the comprehensive strength of a film company.

It can be said that a film company is not just about movies. In addition to the production and distribution business, a complete film company also includes many businesses, such as TV dramas, TV programs, records, feature animation, etc.

Even theme hotels, parks, amusement parks, restaurants, peripheral product stores, etc.

In addition to these, it will also participate in some theater companies in disguise.

Because of this, DreamWorks, which expanded in many ways, was tabooed by the seven major Hollywood film companies.

In contrast, Orion Films is only an independent production company that initially has overseas distribution channels.

The most important point is that there are only a few film copyrights in the film library of Orion Films.

For the ability to resist risks, it is almost dispensable.

As we all know, the film library is the foundation for the survival of a film company.

This still does not count the support of the media group.

Once several films fail in succession, Orion Films will bear huge debts and even be acquired by other film companies.

Therefore, the three levels divided by the media are very ridiculous to Hollywood practitioners.

What's more, the seven major Hollywood film companies have already made a private agreement.

Disney, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and MGM will never allow a new company to join the ranks of overseas distribution and share a piece of the sweet cake.

Just like DreamWorks, even with Steven Spielberg, one of the most popular directors in Hollywood studios, he still faces pressure from the seven major studios.

In addition to DreamWorks, it is clear that Orion Pictures is also facing the same pressure.

By the way, there is also Lionsgate, which has just changed its name.

This is unavoidable.

Ryan was not overly worried about the suppression of the seven major film companies. In his previous life, Lionsgate Pictures had developed in the same way, and even surpassed Paramount at one point.

As for the failure of DreamWorks!

More lies in the complicated equity and the lack of sufficient funding sources.

While DreamWorks Animation Studios continued to sell well, the live-action film production department was only supported by Stephen Spielberg, and the record business has not improved.

Over time, conflicts of interest inevitably arose between the ambitious Big Three of DreamWorks, and they were eventually acquired by Paramount.

Orion Pictures doesn't have to worry about this at all. The company's equity is in the hands of Ryan alone, and with the advent of the Internet crisis in 2000, a large amount of funds gradually withdrawn from the stock market are used to improve overseas distribution channels and Orion Pictures. department.

If it really doesn't work, there is also the Marvel Dafa, this trump card has not been sacrificed.

"Ryan!"

Colette Singh's tone was somewhat complicated, "Twentieth Century Fox hopes that the two parties can continue to cooperate."

Since Orion Films has mastered overseas distribution channels, Twentieth Century Fox's attitude towards Ryan has obviously changed, and it is far less intimate than before.

"Although you bought PolyGram's overseas distribution channels, you still need a long-term partner."

"And 20th Century Fox is your best choice." Colette Singer said meaningfully.

The seven major Hollywood film companies have never been monolithic. As long as there are enough interests, 20th Century Fox does not mind continuing to cooperate with Orion Films.

Of course, if there is a chance to swallow Orion Pictures whole, 20th Century Fox will also not hesitate.

"Feel sorry."

"I have no plans to shoot the next film yet." Ryan politely declined.

In fact, he has already written the next script, it's just that he hasn't started preparing for the crew.

With an expected answer, Colette-Singer didn't say anything more, and after a while, he got up, said goodbye and left.

It is impossible for Orion Films to continue to cooperate with 20th Century Fox, otherwise, sooner or later, it will end up with DreamWorks in the previous life and be swallowed by 20th Century Fox.

It's ridiculous to say that Paramount has always been a partner of DreamWorks, but it was Paramount that eventually annexed DreamWorks.

Ryan shook his head. He would rather choose to cooperate with Sony Pictures than continue to cooperate with 20th Century Fox.

Sony Pictures has always been an outsider among the seven major Hollywood film companies, far less powerful than other film companies.

"You shouldn't directly reject 20th Century Fox. This will bring uncertainty to the overseas release of Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Sofia Coppola walked in from the outside.

Don't even think about it, 20th Century Fox will almost certainly do something about the overseas distribution of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

The easiest way is to charge a sky-high overseas promotion fee to its overseas subsidiaries, so as to reduce the overseas income of Orion Films.

These publicity expenses will be transferred from one overseas subsidiary to the account of Twentieth Century Fox.

In other words, Twentieth Century Fox will not have any losses, but will increase revenue, and the only loss is Orion Pictures.

This is also the most common operation of the seven major Hollywood film companies.

"Unless I agree immediately and start preparing the crew, Twentieth Century Fox will do the same." Ryan shook his head.

Twentieth Century Fox is not a fool. Unless he really agrees to continue to cooperate, Twentieth Century Fox will definitely play tricks.

"Okay." Sofia Coppola put a script on the desk. "I read the script. It's very creative, but the plot is very complicated."

"how to say?"

"It's a bit like "Lost in Space". The plot is so complicated that people can't understand it."

Sofia Coppola looked at Ryan a little speechless. Even she could not understand the script. It is estimated that several actors in the future film will have difficulty understanding the plot line and character structure in the script.

I'm afraid it can only be like a puppet, shooting according to Ryan's command.

"At least I didn't understand it." She added.

"Don't worry, I won't shoot a movie with a complicated plot." Ryan never thought about shooting a movie with a complicated plot.

"Remember to send Leonardo DiCaprio an audition invitation, and also inform Helen to make Charlie's schedule available."

Even, he didn't consider shooting completely according to the plot in the script, but would simplify the complicated plot to shoot.

This is the way mainstream commercial films are shot, not like "Lost in Space", which makes the plot of the film very complicated.

Simple and direct popcorn videos are easier to be accepted by the public.

Sofia Coppola showed such a look, she could imagine that the plot in the final filming will be very simple and straightforward.

After looking at the time, Ryan went downstairs to leave Orion Films, drove to the outside of an apartment in North Hollywood, took out the key, opened the door skillfully, and walked in.

Before reaching the living room, the sound from the game can be heard from a distance.